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Swift Acted With Bias:Muslims were discriminated against by the meatpacker, the federal panel determines

Euro-Islam15 years ago15 years ago02 mins

A federal panel said Monday that it believed Greeley meatpacker JBS Swift violated the civil rights of more than 100 Somali Muslims it fired last year after a walkout over religious differences at the height of Ramadan, Islam’s holiest time. The determination by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission comes exactly a year after hundreds…

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Muslim meat workers to discuss prayer conflict

researcher16 years ago15 years ago02 mins

Muslim workers involved in a dispute at the Grand Island meatpacking plant in Omaha, Nebraska, are preparing for a meeting to decide the next step. According to reports, at least 86 workers were fired after they walked off the job during a dispute over the workers’ right to prayer during the Muslim holy month of…

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