Here's something you don't see every day: a union negotiating a new contract that allows its Muslim members to replace the day they get off for Labor Day with one of their own holy days.
After all, since 1894, Labor Day has been a federal holiday designated to celebrate "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations." As such, you would expect a labor union to hold this day in extremely high esteem.
Yet, according to the Shelbyville Times Gazette (Tennessee), some things are more important than Labor Day to at least one of America's unions (h/t NBer motherbelt):
Workers at Tyson Foods' poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day, but will instead take the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the fall.
A recent press release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) stated that a new contract at the Shelbyville facility "implements a new holiday to accommodate the ... Muslim workers at the plant."
The RWDSU stated that "the five-year contract creates an additional paid holiday, Iidal Fitil, a Muslim holiday that occurs toward the end of Ramadan."
Now, in the end, this is indeed a very important day to Muslims. Yet, wouldn't the union involved in this negotiation have wanted to preserve the sanctity of a holiday virtually celebrating itself and, therefore, require a different day to be replaced?
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Quislings.
August 3, 2008 - 21:53 ET by zhombreQuislings.
Really. You would think
August 3, 2008 - 22:47 ET by motherbeltReally. You would think Labor Day would be the High Holy Day to the Unions, wouldn't you?
The one day they would not give up?
What do you suppose would happen if every union member demanded to take another day off instead of Labor Day?
Wow, this was here
August 3, 2008 - 21:54 ET by bigtimerWow, this was here yesterday somewhere, or the day before...by someone...
Like I said before, I quit buying anything to do with Tyson during the Clinton debacle....sure not going to start now...I am sure other companies will be sure to follow not far behind.
Just how far is the country going to bend for the enemy within...
Until it will be too late?
We are at war with these people...they are inflicting all of their agenda slowly but surely into this country, just like they have done in the UK, France, Holland elsewhere...
This is a religious jihadist war we are fighting..and if we keep doing this...it will be the end of America as we know it ...even now.
btw...I am not talking about the peaceful law-abiding Muslims...I am talking about the backers like CAIR and others that have an intentional agenda...they are a huge group in this country, and the leftists love them, the repubs seem to be afraid to speak out against this BS for fear of PCness ect.
People had better wake up and smell the roses before they are lying on our graves.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
bigtimer
August 3, 2008 - 22:21 ET by Delsayou are correct. This was here yesterday and we were all dumping our tyson chicken.
You and I stated we have not purchased tyson since the Clinton admin.
My sister totally agrees and told me she does not by tyson either.
Your post is perfect.
We are bending over so far for the "enemy" within it isn't funny.
We bend over for all minorities and it really hacks me off.
Americans All or they can go home.
LOL Delsa... That's
August 3, 2008 - 22:28 ET by bigtimerLOL Delsa...
That's right...now I remember because we did both say as such and you were wondering where I was getting the info. I was I was posting about in my post on OT...
It was from Rog's Shrub Report!
Glad it is repeated though for some who may not be aware of this.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Well Told
August 4, 2008 - 20:30 ET by Redrowan2000You can't make this s__t up. What is going on? They have their own prayer rooms? give me an f'n break Were at war folks with these 3rd world American hating degenerates and if we keep on going you will be praying to Allah 6 times a day. Thats if you still have your head. Oh by the way thankyou to the wonderful union reps and the spineless management at Tyson. Everyone buy Perdue from now on, until things change.
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Red
wow i think i'll take
August 3, 2008 - 22:04 ET bygood friday off with pay next year
"You can not support the Troops if you do not support their Mission"
You can now - thanks to our
August 4, 2008 - 10:45 ET by TruthMongerYou can now - thanks to our Muslim friends:)!
Truth,
August 4, 2008 - 18:56 ET by RESTLESS 1I still don't get it. What is this common cause you seem to think Christians and Muslims have? I would think you would know better than most that in the end, there really is no common ground between the two.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
This is unbelievable - I can't believe the workers are okay
August 3, 2008 - 22:14 ET by Dee Bunkwith it.
Everyone else (including their kids) will have Labor Day off and now they will have to take a vacation day or make other arrangements.
Plus why is this the only minority to get a Holiday? What about Jews, Hindus and Buddhists not to mention more obscure ones like Wiccans and Scientologists? I'm sure they all have special days that are just as important as Christmas to them.
this is the beginning
August 3, 2008 - 22:20 ET by candanceThese folks love the chance to tear down an American holiday and replace it with one of their own. This wasn't about giving them an alternative - this was about baby steps toward making American culture obsolete.
Would that same union pressure an employer to let someone off on say, Yom Kippur, instead of MLK Day? Very much doubt it.
delete double
August 3, 2008 - 22:43 ET by motherbeltdelete double
No surprise, candance.
August 3, 2008 - 22:51 ET by motherbeltNo kidding, candance.
We can't even celebrate Columbus Day any more.
The money line in that article is
a new holiday to accommodate the ... Muslim workers at the plant." (emphasis mine)
Sharia law: not by force; by capitulation.--motherbelt
Yom Kippur, instead of MLK Day?
August 3, 2008 - 22:30 ET by DelsaOr George Washington's Birthday instead of MLK Day?
or Cinco de mayo instead of MLK Day?
Or take a muslim to work day?
Just crazy this United States is becoming.
Candance, YOU hit the nail on the head
The Shrub Report
August 3, 2008 - 22:33 ET by DelsaHow could I forget.
I was even reading it to my sister.
Thank God you remembered. I just could not think who or what brought it to our attention.
Good thinking.
Heinz and Tyson
August 3, 2008 - 22:53 ET by ScrapironI dumped all Hanoi John 'Traitor' Kerry/Heinz products and had no problem finding better tasting food to replace them.
Tyson is now on the list to never enter my grocery cart. There are much better and fresher products on the market to replace them also. If you saw one of their slave labor plants in operation you would puke anyway.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
The Heinz
August 3, 2008 - 23:09 ET by Delsacatsup is the only thing of Ter a zas I can't give up.
I don't use it much but I never liked the other brand.
And out of respect for the late great John Heinz I have to buy it.
The tyson stuff is OUT
bye bye tyson
August 4, 2008 - 01:08 ET by Wesenimho the best response came from a poster at Lucianne.
"The recent union contract of the plant located in SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. that eliminates Labor Day in favor Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday is an outrage. Your anti-American act will not go without consequence. I and millions of Americans are vehemently outraged by your dhimmi acquiescence and you will lose millions in sales. If you still wish to bow like slaves to your filthy Muslims masters then you do at a great loss of business for I as well as millions of Americans will not by your products, ever. The only way you will get my and millions of other consumers business back is to IMMEDIATELY rescind this anti-American action and issue an apology to all Americans. Do it now or suffer the consequences."
Here's how to contact my former chicken provider:
http://www.tyson.com/Recipes/CustomerService.aspx
Everyone should take two
August 4, 2008 - 07:25 ET by SickofLibsEveryone should take two minutes and fill out Tyson's contact form and express their outrage.
You don't have to be muslim to be outraged.
The RWDSU Endorsed Obama for President
August 4, 2008 - 02:57 ET by Pasco ConservativeI blogged about this on Saturday:
Union That Endorses Obama, Forces Tyson Foods To Drop Labor Day For A Muslim Holiday
Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any
man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.
Any man who is under 30,
August 4, 2008 - 06:51 ET by Dan The Man 2Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any
man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. So at 30 you have neither brains or heart, so you must be a politician.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
In Arkansas we did this:
August 4, 2008 - 03:10 ET by LibraryLadyWhen I worked for the state of Arkansas we had the option of taking MLK day or adding a day to our Christmas vacation.
Gay pride day is
August 4, 2008 - 04:35 ET by ThisnThatGay pride day is next.
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they don't need a
August 4, 2008 - 05:59 ET by motherbeltthey don't need a day...although it doesn't involve a paid holiday, they've claimed June as Pride Month
motherbelt
August 4, 2008 - 06:29 ET by MrShy"Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)"
Gosh, they have their own alphabet soup for the entire culture.... LGBT.
Why not just add a few more down the slippery slope of "progressive" lifestyles.... like people with two genitalia, and we'll call that "dualgender". Oh, and if you like male, female AND transgenders, there's "trisexual". Let's also throw in sheep lovers, and, hmm.... anyone else with some ideas?
We now have LGBTDTSL.
:)
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For REAL Change
Mr. Shy...actually they
August 4, 2008 - 07:24 ET by motherbeltMr. Shy...actually they have already expanded it to LGBTQ...with the Q for "Questioning."
I kid you not.
Though I liked them. I
August 4, 2008 - 06:52 ET by danboThough I liked them. I thought we had too many holidays from November into January. I think we need to replace MLK's birthday or at least move it, with/to another day about the 1st monday in August.
If we can replace labor day I should have the same right.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
Unions!? What in the hell
August 4, 2008 - 07:06 ET by ConservativeRexUnions!? What in the hell is the purpose of this? Who are they representing..the International Brotherhood of Plane Hijackers & Bombers? or as they are known the the trade union circles the IBPH&B's. This is ridiculous, but typical.
Colonels
August 4, 2008 - 07:39 ET by jakotaRemember: Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken is supplied by Tysons.
My Turn
August 4, 2008 - 09:52 ET by CellaLast week the Dallas Morning News had a front page article proclaiming that many local business firms were providing prayer rooms for Muslims, where they could worship in their own manner.
In my letter to the editor, regarding that article, I said that I was a Christian and that in my office I wanted a prayer room, too. In it I wanted a cross on the wall, icons of my favorite saints, candles, a Bible and a vase of lilies.
You are right, no one has gotten back to me yet.
Tyson Union Contract
August 4, 2008 - 11:23 ET by hgabrahamsonThis attack on our way of life is far more significant than most posters even realize. The Communist Retail workers party and the somali mooslims could have easily accomplished their goal without slapping American traditions and values directly in the face. Having negotiated many union contracts, I know this issue could have been easily resolved by quietly changing the labor Day holiday to an additional personal day. That way the mooslims could have had a day off to mutilate little girls, the few true labor union supporters left could have taken Labor Day, Christians could have taken Good Friday, Jews ..Yom Kippur, etc. Granted, it would have been inconvenient for management to have to adjust for high absences on multiple days. A one day shut down is much easier to schedule. Clearly these union pigs were aware of this option, having been applied in contracts all over the country (Including this plant) but they choose to stipulate the mooslim holiday, spitting in our face, as well as their Christian "union brothers" (You may chuckle here). Management with a scintilla of Patriotism and a little brains would have insisted on a personal day and not kow towed to these anti America communist thugs. Addtionally, any Company I have worked for, when realizing the unprincipalled scum we were being forced to deal with at this location, and anticipating more trouble ahead with these characters, would already be planning to relocate the production currently generated at this plant. In three/six months this hole would be shut down, the production moved and the bums out on the street and free to bow to mecca 24/7!
Difference of Opinion is what makes a Horse Race
You Are Correct
August 4, 2008 - 15:04 ET by Emma GrumpIn my neck of the woods, Memorial Day picnics are a big deal, as they signify the official end of summer, but I guess the Tyson employees won't join in from now on because the company deems it just another workday. I am sure this disgrace of a company is taking a hard look at Memorial Day, July 4th, and the supreme holidays, Thanksgiving , Christmas, and Easter because they don't conform to the tenets of Islam either. Little by little, American traditions and values are being eliminated so that we may become better "citizens of the world" and "sensitive" to other's feelings. God help us!
Stop the madness
August 4, 2008 - 12:39 ET by ArtisteWell Tyson's chicken is off my preferred list. This has got to stopped. People in Tennessee should be up in arms over this. Where do the muslims get off taking away an American holiday for one of their religious days. This is NOT the middle east and if we don't want it to become the middle east, this madness has to stop.
The issue of this piece isn't about a holiday...
August 4, 2008 - 18:16 ET by ThalpyThe issue of this piece isn't about a holiday, it's about the foolish importation of people who will not and cannot assimilate into our civilization, not now, not ever. We must institute a moratorium on legal and illegal immigration into this country; that moratorium must remain in force until our governmental agencies can manage those who are here now. The middle class of the United States is being damaged beyond repair by our government's failure to uphold the law. It is insanity to allow hundreds of Muslims settle in small communities in our country. It's all a pipe dream and it's a failure.
yeah, same deal with the
August 4, 2008 - 19:20 ET by TruthMongeryeah, same deal with the joos and the amish and the mormon's
Neither the Jews, nor the
August 4, 2008 - 22:14 ET by motherbeltNeither the Jews, nor the Amish, nor Mormons demand special consideration in the workplace: not even kosher meals in dining rooms, nevermind prayer rooms. And Yom Kippur has not been made a paid holiday, to my knowledge.
yeah motherbelt
August 4, 2008 - 22:22 ET by candanceI'm with you. Jews, Mormons and Amish folks quietly go about their business like normal citizens.
Jewish people enter a country, all the evidence you see is some successful companies, a noticeable improvement in architecture and a synagogue or two.
When Mormons enter a country, all you see is devout families, successful businesses and a temple or two.
When Amish enter a country you see some horses on the road and some laundry on a clothesline.
When a large Muslim population shows up, you see special bathrooms, shoes on the dogs, censorship of newspaper cartoons, and schools that take tax dollars as they teach children how to pray to Allah.
The differences are stark.