Thursday, September 18, 2008

Nebraska Swift Plant adjusts schedule to accommodate Ramadan fast

No one knows when this accommodation will stop. Muslims have never explained how much Sharia accommodation they will want in the U.S., and in what ways they will be willing to adapt to American society. No one has ever asked them to do so. No one knows where this accommodation will lead. There is always more Sharia to accommodate, and now the precedent is amply set for more accommodation, but no one cares. It isn't as if we're going to become an Islamic state, right? Someone will draw the line somewhere, somehow, before it's too late. We're all one big happy multicultural family. Aren't we? "Union: Muslim Workers Reach Deal for Prayer Break," from FoxNews, September 17 (thanks to News4U):

OMAHA, Nebraska — A meatpacking plant has agreed to accommodate Muslim workers' request for prayer time during Ramadan, union officials said Wednesday.

Earlier this week 300 Muslim JBS Swift & Co. workers, most of Somali background, walked off the job in protest of the prayer dispute. No one was fired after the protest.

Dan Hoppes, president of the local United Food and Commercial Workers Union, said management at the plant has agreed to temporarily change the timing of the second-shift lunch break to accommodate workers wanting time to pray during the Muslim observance of Ramadan.

Workers previously took the 30-minute break in shifts. The change will force the entire line to break at once. The arrangement will be in effect the next nine working days, which will cover the remainder of Ramadan, Hoppes said....
Thanks Jihad Watch

No comments: