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Article: US plant adds Muslim holiday, keeps Labor Day
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- August 8, 2008
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Union workers and officials at a Tyson Foods plant in Tennessee said Friday they have agreed to reinstate Labor Day as a paid holiday, and the plant will also observe the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr this year.
Tyson had previously agreed to drop Labor Day, which is celebrated in early September, and substitute the Muslim holiday as part of a new 5-year contract to accommodate Muslim workers at the plant in Shelbyville, which is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Nashville. The decision sparked widespread criticism, from local politicians to talk radio to the Internet.
The Springdale, Arkansas-based company said it requested reinstating Labor Day after complaints from ...