Re: [Marxism] Question

[Bill O'Connor <billyoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

"S. Artesian" <sartesian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Photo and blurb in today's NY Times:
>
> Workers at a meatpacking plant in Grand Island, Neb., on Thursday protested 
> shift changes made to allow Somali Muslim employees more time to pray during 
> Ramadan.  The changes had been put into place after earlier protests by the 
> Muslim workers.  Thursday's counterdemonstrators said the new shift time 
> would cut their hours and pay.  Later in the day, managers at the plant, 
> owned by JBS Swift & Company, announce that the shift changes would be 
> rescinded.
>
> _____
>
> Anybody have more information, detail on this.  Know enough about Swift to 
> know they are experts at playing the workers against each other, busting 
> unions and wage rates. 

Experts indeed.  They just fired 100 Muslims in Colorado for the same
thing:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ramadan11-2008sep11,0,5446525.story

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