Tyson Foods Replaces Labor Day With Muslim Eid al-Fitr
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In a stunning illustration of how long-held, cherished American traditions are being eroded by efforts to accommodate the increasingly vocal demands of some Muslims, Tyson Foods has agreed to replace Labor Day as one of its paid holidays with the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr.
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Tyson Replaces Labor Day With Muslim Eid al-Fitr
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Chicken Company: Workers Wanted Islamic Religious Event Recognized
Posted: August 02, 2008 12:10 am Eastern
By Bob Unruh
WorldNetDaily
Food workers at the Shelbyville, Tenn., plant for Tyson Foods, which boasts on its corporate website that it strives "to honor God," will have time off for Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday closing the month of Ramadan, instead of the American tradition Labor Day.
Officials with the company told WND the labor union representing the 1,200 plant workers, including about 700 immigrants from Somalia who largely are Muslim, sought the holiday change in the new five-year contract, and the company agreed.
Officials with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union issue a press statement about the new "contract [that] creates an additional paid holiday, [Eid al-Fitr,] a Muslim holiday that occurs toward the end of Ramadan."
A spokeswoman at the union's office told WND no one was in the office today who could comment on the request.
To the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Gary Mickelson, Tyson's media chief, said there is no new holiday, but at the union's request the company agreed to discontinue the Labor Day holiday and implement Eid al-Fitr.
"Union leadership did request and receive Eid al-Fitr (which is apparently spelled various ways including Id al-Fitr and Eid ul-Fitr) as a paid holiday in place of Labor Day," Mickelson told the newspaper.
"Since all Team Members will still have eight paid holidays, the change will not affect production," Mickelson said.
On the paper's forum page, readers were outraged.
"If this holiday is that important to them, make them take it off instead of Christmas Day and allow ALL workers to be off Labor Day. Most AMERICAN families have some type of function on Labor Day," wrote one anonymous participant.
"It says union leadership made this request, makes you wonder who runs the union. I guess they are already working on a plan to replace Memorial Day, that means nothing to the Muslims so why should we have the right to celebrate it. Labor Day commemorates the plight of workers and the struggle of labor unions to improve working conditions for American workers. The Muslims will not stop until all of our rights and laws are changed to accommodate their beliefs. This will be a new America but it will be their America," said another.
The union boasts on its website, "Diversity is one of the strengths of our union. … We may come from different countries and speak different languages. But what unites us is the belief that by standing together we can better advance our interests."
The holiday comes at the conclusion of the month-long Ramadan for Muslims, but it not on the same day each year. Officials with Tyson said they were working out how best to address what apparently now will be a floating holiday for the company.
Mickelson said other holidays for the company workers include birthday, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Union spokesman Randy Hadley told the newspaper, "The negotiating committee felt this was extremely crucial, since this holiday is as important to Muslims as Christmas is to Christians."
The union also reported "two prayer rooms have been created to allow Muslim workers to pray twice a day and return to work without leaving the plant."
Ironically, the company on its website also promotes a variety of traditional and customary Christian and secular blessings for food – its primary product.
"This is America, founded by the blood of our forefathers and should not be challenged by Somalians, Hispanics, or any other immigrants. If they come to America, they need to learn our language and our ways. They can practice their culture in private if they so please, but not shove it down our throats. Would they let us go there and change there country? I have banned Tyson's products from my home for years because of the illegals they were hiring. I am sorry for the producers that are supplying them, but Tyson's has once again crossed the line with the American people. Labor Day was here long before Tyson's. What holiday will be next to be taken away and replaced to accommodate an immigrant. This stinks worse than the plant," said another anonymous forum participant.
"Disgusting ... appalling ... horrifying ... there just aren't enough words to describe this situation. There will never be another Tyson product in my home EVER!! Bedford County and the rest of the nation needs to take notice. Is this what we are coming to?" said another.
A Muslim website says the holiday is a "joyous three-day celebration" that concludes Ramadan, during which Muslims fast during the day.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the national holiday dates from Sept. 5, 1882, and is "dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country."
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the tide may be turning. what I find peculiar is not that some don't know it but rather that many don't care.
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Nice to hear from you KF. Evidently, it was enough people that heard what was going on at Tyson Foods. Because of the great work the fine people at ACT! For America have done, Tyson foods has recanted and changed their policy. Labor Day is once again a paid holiday for the employees at Tyson Foods. I believe they just added the new Muslim holiday and kept Labor Day as opposed to replacing the paid Labor Day holiday with a Muslim holiday. I would imagine sales loss was the deciding factor.
I apologize for being remiss by not letting the readers know that it was alright to once again patronize Tyson Foods.
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Because of the intractable nature of the Muslim religion, Christianity can make little, if any, inroads into those areas of the world where Islam is dominant. Yet, because of the Christian teachings and accomodations, Islam is making strong advances in the Christian world. The Liberals would have us continue this destructive course until it will be too late to reverse it. Eventually they will overwhelm and then conquer Christianity and there is no answer to it unless we stand firm and take all the risks necessary to hold onto what we have.
Look at Iraq, for example, where the two branches of Islam, Shiite and Sunni, regularly execute one another. That same suicidal thinking will eventually permeate the Muslims in other countries in Europe and the Americas. It is most likely already here, but kept in check by our legal system as well as our security forces.
But, eventually they will infiltrate, little by little, and our children and grandchildren will see the terror because of our weakness. Just go back a few years to the assassinations in Europe of those who dared to talk out about it. Think of the Danish press caving in because of death threats. Our pussyfooting around will bring us to the same position, and our media will definitely give in to all demands. Can you see the Editor of the Los Angeles Times standing firm in the face of such threats? Jeeeeezzz. He'll be sobbing at his desk.
Education today is brainwashing the students with defeatism, clothed in the guise of multi-culturalism. Islam loves this line of thinking; they're not interested in defeat. All you have to do is listen to the rehtoric of their hard-liners. Osama bin Laden was not the first and he is far from the last, to preach world-conquest. It's being taught in every mosque in this country. If Christians don't develop some backbone, their granddaughters will be coverin their heads and faces.
Politically Correct, as Harry knows, means to ignore the truth, not to believe your eyes and ears, and to bow down to your Liberal masters and their rancid ideology.
The writing is on the wall, in Arabic.
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Howard, you said it all in just a few paragraphs. I hope many read your comment. I am in the winter of my life and don't expect to see any positive change in my lifetime. Like you, I fight for our children and grandchildren. God bless them.
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