08-07-2008, 01:51 AM
Everybody has their different view and that's cool, I'm not trying to rabble rouse here at all, but in my opinion I don't see a travesty here at all.
It looks like the majority of the workers at the plant are muslim and their union asked for a holiday that was more relivant to them and they got it, they probably had to give up something else during negotiaions to get it and they decided that it was important enough to give something up to get it. We celebrate plenty of "Christian" holidays. They didn't loose any PTO, its just on a different day. Nobody is forcing anyone to observe any particular religeous holiday any more than my company forces me and my co workers to give thanks on the third Thursday in November or celebrate the birth of Christ on the 25th of December.
My company has done away with the 24th of July as a paid holiday starting next year and replacing it with a floating holiday. I didn't think that my company had lost it's pride for the state, there was simply more demand for us to be open on that day and honestly a floating day that can always be a three day weekend, when I want, when there are fewer other people off sounded alright to me. Look at it from a fishermans perspective; would you rather have some random muslim holiday that no one else even knew was today or labor day when every jetskier, water skier, fisherman and bank tangler would be out in force.
Personally I would look down on Tyson foods much harshly if they hadn't given in to the union demands, if they had decided not to change the day off due simply to religeous beliefs and not paid any mind to the majority sentiment even though the minority vote coinsided with their own beliefs.
Honestly it doesn't matter what side of this debate you come down on, there are much larger corporate ( and non corporate) injustices in the world than this to get that reved up about. I hope you don't think I'm bashing on you, I just simply see it from a different angle than you and that's cool.
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It looks like the majority of the workers at the plant are muslim and their union asked for a holiday that was more relivant to them and they got it, they probably had to give up something else during negotiaions to get it and they decided that it was important enough to give something up to get it. We celebrate plenty of "Christian" holidays. They didn't loose any PTO, its just on a different day. Nobody is forcing anyone to observe any particular religeous holiday any more than my company forces me and my co workers to give thanks on the third Thursday in November or celebrate the birth of Christ on the 25th of December.
My company has done away with the 24th of July as a paid holiday starting next year and replacing it with a floating holiday. I didn't think that my company had lost it's pride for the state, there was simply more demand for us to be open on that day and honestly a floating day that can always be a three day weekend, when I want, when there are fewer other people off sounded alright to me. Look at it from a fishermans perspective; would you rather have some random muslim holiday that no one else even knew was today or labor day when every jetskier, water skier, fisherman and bank tangler would be out in force.
Personally I would look down on Tyson foods much harshly if they hadn't given in to the union demands, if they had decided not to change the day off due simply to religeous beliefs and not paid any mind to the majority sentiment even though the minority vote coinsided with their own beliefs.
Honestly it doesn't matter what side of this debate you come down on, there are much larger corporate ( and non corporate) injustices in the world than this to get that reved up about. I hope you don't think I'm bashing on you, I just simply see it from a different angle than you and that's cool.
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