Article: Responding to intense criticism, a Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville, Tenn., that had dropped Labor Day and added Eid al-Fitr--which marks the end of Ramadan--as a day on which all union members could either stay home or work for extra pay, has revised the policy.(PEOPLE)(Brief article)

Article: Tyson Foods Reinstates Labor Day As ...
Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  August 10, 2008 ;     442 words ...Labor Day is still a holiday at Tyson Foods, according to a company press ... accused the company of replacing Labor Day with a celebration of Eid al ... eight paid holidays in place of Labor Day, but quickly reneged on the deal ...

Article: bizworld: Tyson Foods plant in Tennessee restores ...
The Virginian Pilot;  August 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 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 ... previously agreed to drop Labor Day and substitute the Muslim ... said it requested reinstating Labor Day after complaints from ...

Article: RWDSU Secures Both Labor Day and Eid al-Fitr as ...
U.S. Newswire;  August 8, 2008 ;     543 words ... ... Store Union (RWDSU) and Tyson Foods have reached an agreement ... current calendar year to include Labor Day and the Muslim observance ... Independence Day (July 4th) Labor Day (as designated) Thanksgiving ... held religious beliefs. This Labor Day, the workers at ...

Article: Tyson Foods Accepts Eid al-Fitr as Holiday
Islamic Horizons;  November 1, 2008 ;     460 words ... ... die company to clarify that Labor Day is still a holiday at Tyson Foods. Tyson has usually required plant employees to work on Labor Day anyway and gives it employees ... premium for working that day. Tyson Foods' Shelbyville plant has three ...

Article: TYSON FOODS STRIKE TIME LINE.(FRONT)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  January 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... and diced chicken from Tyson Foods in Jefferson. * Doyle ... general counsel rules that Tyson Foods bargained in good faith ... corporate food giant during a Labor Day celebration in Madison ... their picket line. * Tyson Foods announces that fourth ...

Article: The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union recently ...
National Review;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... negotiated a new five-year contract at the Tyson Foods poultry-processing plant in Shelbyville ... eight paid holidays, as before; but Labor Day was no longer to be one of the eight ... contract has now been renegotiated, and Labor Day reinstated. We quietly wonder how many ...

Article: BAD YEAR FOR EMPLOYERS, WORKERS LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTES AT CUNA ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  September 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... not national, said Chip Hunter, an assistant professor at the UW-Madison School of Business. But as the nation observes Labor Day, officials at Madison companies and unions say the same issues creating problems locally, such as rising health care costs ...