Small Tennessee town outraged over Tyson Foods Decision

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Re: Tyson reinstates labor day holiday

1 MISSED FOX NEWS VOTE ON THIS, Hmmm !!!

Fox wouldn't have a vote, and Tyson voided out the Union members vote and voice.

 

[Toejam]

Which has what to do with frozen chickens?

Hello!! Mcfly? This is about offering Muslim employees a Paid holiday for Labor day, at a Poultry plant. You've posted on this thread how many times now?

 

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Hello!! Mcfly? This is about offering Muslim employees a Paid holiday for Labor day, at a Poultry plant. You've posted on this thread how many times now?

No Joe, (and I won't bring a 30 year old movie quote in to distract from the point), your response has nothing to do with Unions, Muslim religion, employees, paid holidays, Labor day, or poultry plants. Or, for that matter, frozen chickens.

You some how turned it into gays, Catholics, and San Francisco.

Nothing about Muslims, Chickens, Tyson, or Unions.

Here is your quote, in it's entirety and all its glory, please tell me what I am missing:

To bad the City of San Francisco doesn't agree with that! Catholic services constantly get interrupted by the Gay militants, and the city does nothing!

Unless,
Gay "Militants" (that is just funny) = Muslim
Catholic Services = Chickens
San Francisco = Tyson.

Then, yeah, I see similarities, I guess.

Did I figure your riddle out correctly?

McFly? Really?... Well, I guess you do fit the part of Biff around here......

 

[Bobby]

Christopher, you just threw a 50 point double bullseye!

Here is my reply to a thread that goes back a couple of years ago on a subject similar to this:

Remember when we all forced to take American History back during our high school years? What was the reason that the first American settlers left England in the first place? Does something to do with "freedom of religion" ring a bell? But why did they want religious freedom in the first place? In the early 1500's, England broke away from the Catholic Church, whereupon King Henry VIII (i am i am) established the Church of England and named himself the head of the church, and according to English law, all citizens had to belong to the Anglician Church and contribute to it's support regardless of their own beliefs. Of course plenty of people objected to having to support something they did not believe in, and after being persecuted for their beliefs, that prompted people to seek out freedom in the "new world". Years later when the constitution was being drafted, the founding fathers chose to create a democracy, not a theocracy, which is why the first amendment reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

I'm no constitutional scholar, but that seems pretty self-explanatory to me. The government will not make any law favoring one religion over any other, nor will the government prohibit anyone from exercising their free will to believe (or not) in whatever way they see fit.

Of course the next morning I got accused of not having a "basic knowledge about everyday life in this country", and If I believe that this nation was not founded upon Christian principles, that is my right and I have the freedom to believe so. However, that does not change history.

well said, both of you.

 

[ProStockJunkie]

Tyson restores Labor Day holiday following din (OneNewsNow.com)

Looks like the 'majority' won. Wait, I think I've already said that.

 

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Tyson restores Labor Day holiday following din (OneNewsNow.com)

Looks like the 'majority' won. Wait, I think I've already said that.

You aren't so good at math, are you?
From the earlier article:

Union leaders say implementing the holiday was important for the nearly 700 Muslims, many of them Somalis, who work at the plant that employs a total of 1,200 people.

1200/2 = 600<700

700 is the majority.

Yes, I passed statistics in high school.

 

[willy]

In the latest it said there were 1000 union employees..

"The move reportedly was aimed at accommodating the 250 Somali Muslim employees who work at the Shelbyville plant."

 

[HEMI6point1]

Tyson restores Labor Day holiday following din (OneNewsNow.com)

Looks like the 'majority' won. Wait, I think I've already said that.

Good, now I can add Tyson foods to my shopping list again.

 

[mick]

tyson publicity nightmare > majority union vote.
not good.

these 700 muslims are not stupid - they understand the holiday/religious
system in the USA is night and day different from their homeland.
they went thru the proper channels within a USA labor organization
to change their work schedule to better fit their customs.......and won.

we are a land for the oppressed people of the world to legally imagrate
and share in our freedoms of religion, speech and free press.
the racism of this story is disappointing.

 

[mick]

Good, now I can add Tyson foods to my shopping list again.

and i will remove them from mine as they also manufacture kosher foods.
sam, is that a correct line of thinking for me?