Tuesday, August 05, 2008

FOXNews.com - Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

 

"The negotiating committee made the holiday a top priority in contract talks," the union's Alabama and Mid-South Council Representative Randy Hadley said in a June statement. "And we were able to get management to commit to it."

The change, which does not affect the company's 118 other plants, exchanges Labor Day for the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. The new contract, negotiated last fall, also gives Muslim workers a prayer room.

FOXNews.com - Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

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