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Article: Religion around the world
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2009
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Swift called wrong in firing Muslims
DENVER (AP) -- Federal officials say the JBS Swift & Co.
meatpacking plant in the northern Colorado city of Greeley was wrong
to fire more than 100 Muslim workers who walked out during Ramadan
last year in a dispute over prayer breaks.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said that Swift
failed to provide religious accommodations to workers and retaliated
against those who complained. The workers on the evening shift
wanted their lunch breaks to coincide with sunset so they could pray
during the holy month of Ramadan and end their day's fasting.
Swift says it has made changes to so Ramadan goes smoothly this
year.
'Almighty God' must be ...