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Article

15 Sep 2008

Author:
James Wilcox, KHAS TV [USA]

Swift workers walk off the job [USA]

Hundreds of workers walked off the job from a Grand Island [Nebraska] meatpacking plant Monday. Those workers are Muslim and said JBS Swift and Company is violating their religious rights... They said they were denied to pray during the Muslim Observance of Ramadan. A group of women who work at the plant here in Grand Island said they were kicked by a supervisor when they tried to pray... Swift said the timing of some prayers does not work with break schedules and it cannot accommodate the groups request for an evening prayer break.