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Article: bizworld: Tyson Foods plant in Tennessee restores Labor Day as paid holiday.(Business)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 9, 2008
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. | 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 also will observe the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr this year.
Tyson had previously agreed to drop Labor Day and substitute the Muslim holiday as part of a new five-year contract to accommodate Muslim workers at the plant in Shelbyville. The decision sparked widespread criticism. The Springdale, Ark.-based company said it requested reinstating Labor Day after complaints from plant workers and the public.
Union members voted Thursday to reinstate Labor Day as one of the plant's paid holidays ...