Tyson Reverses Muslim Paid Holiday

[CC1]

Tyson Foods in Shelbyville, TN recently made news by agreeing to drop their Labor Day Holiday and adding a Muslim one as the paid Holiday.

They have now reversed that decision and will continue to recognize Labor Day as a paid Holiday.

See the article below;

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080808/NEWS01/80808048

[Esther]

Glad to hear it!

Must have received a lot of calls!

[DividedThigh]

what were they thinking, good grief, political correctness gone goofy, lol

[Esther]

what were they thinking, good grief, political correctness gone goofy, lol

This is so true, but I am afraid it is just a delay.

[berkeley]

I think they should have kept the Muslim Holiday. More than half of their workforce is Muslim (Ethiopian).

[Rico]

I don't see what the big deal is. If the workers voted it in, and it's only for that plant, let them have whatever holidays they want. Maybe the Mexicans will follow suit and vote Cinco de Mayo as a holiday at the plants where they make up the majority.

[berkeley]

Really, take a tour of the place someday. It's mostly Ethiopian Muslims workin in there.

[dansamy]

Mardi Gras is a holiday down here. The hospital I work for is Catholic. We have fish every Friday. Yay! (Not! I don't eat in the cafeteria on Friday.)

[CC1]

Berk and Rico,

This is America and we should be celebrating American Holidays, not Muslim ones. They are welcome to celebrate any holidays they want in their private life or they can move back to the Middle East and celebrate them with official Holidays.

Next are we going to put Hindu and Buddhist Holidays on our calendar?

[Rico]

Berk and Rico,

This is America and we should be celebrating American Holidays, not Muslim ones. They are welcome to celebrate any holidays they want in their private life or they can move back to the Middle East and celebrate them with official Holidays.

Next are we going to put Hindu and Buddhist Holidays on our calendar?

Exactly. This is America. A country that believes in unions. The union voted, the majority at that plant decided they wanted to change one of the paid holidays, and the company honored their request. It's no skin off your nose, CC1. If they want to change their paid days off, IT'S THEIR BUSINESS. Are you going to tell Irish people to go back to Ireland over St. Patrick's Day next? How about we tell all the blacks to go back to Africa over Martin Luther King Day? Your prejudice is showing, CC1.

[Aquila]

Berk and Rico,

This is America and we should be celebrating American Holidays, not Muslim ones. They are welcome to celebrate any holidays they want in their private life or they can move back to the Middle East and celebrate them with official Holidays.

Next are we going to put Hindu and Buddhist Holidays on our calendar?

When it comes to "holidays" I think it would be best to give one or two "floating holidays" so that individual employees can choose a holiday or two from their own faith tradition. Some Christians might take Pentecost Sunday off or Good Friday...Jews might take a day off during passover....Muslims could take a day off they regard as special...and Atheists could take April Fools day off. Everybody is respected as an individual.

But, there is a point. I'm a union man. If the workers have the right to vote on holidays according to contract and the majority of them are Muslim and vote to observe a Muslim holiday so be it. Americans need to stop being such sissies and realize we can't "make" people always believe and practice what we do. I mean....would it be right for a company to make these Muslims take Christmas off? Absolutely not. It also wouldn't be right for Muslim management to force Christian employees to observe a Muslim holiday if the majority were Christian and voted for Christmas.

Get real people.

[AmazingGrace]

Mardi Gras is a holiday down here. The hospital I work for is Catholic. We have fish every Friday. Yay! (Not! I don't eat in the cafeteria on Friday.)

Oh do I ever know! My son had to wait 2 days for an emergency gall bladder surgery.. his dr wasnt catholic but he couldnt get enough staff to do the surgery... unless it was to be done in the ER we would have to wait!!! This was in Lafayette 6 yrs ago! LOL

[berkeley]

...all I have to say is, they may be Somalian, not Ethiopian... LoL