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Article: Tyson Foods Reinstates Labor Day As Holiday At Tennessee Plant ; Workers Can Still Choose Muslim Holiday
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- Sunday News Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- August 10, 2008
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Labor Day is still a holiday at Tyson Foods, according to a
company press release sent out this week.
Christian groups accused the company of replacing Labor Day with
a celebration of Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday that marks the end of
Ramadan.
But Gary Mickelson, director of media relations at Tyson, said in
a phone interview this week the charges were false.
Employees at a Tyson plant in Shelbyville, Tenn., asked for Eid
al-Fitr to be one of their eight paid holidays in place of Labor
Day, but quickly reneged on the deal last week.
The initial change came about as a result of union demands.
Eighty-percent of the union workers at the plant approved of the
measure.
However, a news release ...