How do you like them apples? So what about the non muslim workers that are used to celebrating labor day?

snopes.com: Tyson Foods Muslim Holiday

Update: I called Tyson consumer relations number and was told that the people that wanted to clebrate labor day would still have the option of taking that holiday. It would appear that Tyson agreed to the RWDSU union membership's request, so you'll have to form your own opinion.

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Mr. Obama, please release the UFO files!

Not a big chicken fan myself.

Even less so now...

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Sayeth John Drake - 10/13/08: "OK, you're right, I admit to LYING"

If that's what the union negotiated for, it's hard to blame the company IMHO.

Matt

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I wonder what organized crime...I mean...organized labor has to say about this? Labor Day is their most sacred day (they were the ones who pushed for it and got it long ago).

I'll call a few 'buddies' in Detroit then get back to you.

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This needs to be thought out on a long range scale imho.

This event in and of itself is not a big deal and I understand it, what I fear is once we start negotiating this type of thing based on an exclusivity, the door opens further and further....I'll use the term slippery slope analogy to describe where this could lead. Especially after the Christmas day suggestion was not followed.
Or they can take it like jews take Yom Kippur etc…at their own expense or at the co.’s expense if they wish to pay them for it, but allowing them to exchange a national holiday is not quite the ticket. It sounds like the old togetherness and tolerance, actually creating more diversity, which is actually segregation.

And some of the rhetoric is a little over the top, but maybe e they see where this is going ?

Anyone want to take an educated or that is, a non heated sensible look at what may be next or where this could lead?

I have a few ideas but will hold off for now.

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So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
FA Hayek (interpretation)


Mortgage Backed Security survivor

it is kinda funny that they picked that one.

I guess I have a better understanding as to why you have to wash your chicken for ecoli etc concerns these days. The 3rd world isn't known for its hygene.

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Socialism doesn't create a rising tide that lifts all boats. It drains the lake and teaches the boat riders not to help themselves by rowing.

“What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?”

“One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

“The other kills her own food.”

labor leaders would sell there mothers and send her COD for more members...


Oh and the plant only has 250 somoli workers not 75% of the 1200 they noted...

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No individual can plan his own existence in their view.

So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
FA Hayek (interpretation)


Mortgage Backed Security survivor

the percentage represented muslims in general, not just somalis.

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Hope is the opposite of audacity. It's passive, an excuse for inaction.

Socialism doesn't create a rising tide that lifts all boats. It drains the lake and teaches the boat riders not to help themselves by rowing.

“What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?”

“One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

“The other kills her own food.”

I don't understand your use of exclusivity here.

Am I mistaken in my understanding of this issue, or was this not decided democratically by a vote of the union membership vice exclusively by some minority?

Maybe I just misunderstand your position and your question?

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-Jon Stewart

Let's see... a Union arrives at a desire, and after negotiations with a private company arrives at an agreement.


What is the problem again?

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I think the reporter might have been a bit more honest had they included the part about how individuals could continue to take Labor Day as opposed to the Rammadan one if they wished. Sounds like someone wanted to "sell papers" as they say...

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Hope is the opposite of audacity. It's passive, an excuse for inaction.

Socialism doesn't create a rising tide that lifts all boats. It drains the lake and teaches the boat riders not to help themselves by rowing.

“What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?”

“One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

“The other kills her own food.”

The problem is that when I want food, I want to know it's being processed and manufactured for distribution by a company that internally recognizes religious holidays celebrated by people that make me comfortable. While things such as taste and cost are important, this is really what I look for when I'm looking for something to stuff in my freezer for a few weeks. I also like to know whether the farmer that slaughtered the chickens buys his cars from companies that support homosexuals or not. That's probably second most important when I'm deciding what to eat.

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-Thomas Jefferson

And for the love of gawd, don't buy your drumsticks at Target!

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Ever since they took their side in the War on Christmas, I never step foot in there. The only thing more important than the things I mentioned earlier is what some zit faced, teenage clerk mumbles to me on my way out the door. And also, which co-opted pagan symbols adorn the registers.

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"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."

-Thomas Jefferson

Is there a master list of places I should not patronize on line? It's getting darned difficult to keep track of. It would be really great if you could check various boxes on the folks and issues that I hate, and the appropriate list would be generated.

The list will need to be updated on a daily basis. If I understand correctly, my dislike of fags means I should not spend at:

McDonalds
Wells Fargo
Ford (is this over now?)
Walt Disney

I should patronize Coors, Cracker Barrel, and Anita Bryant's OJ (which brand was that?)

The Muzzies don't bother me as much, I will still but Tyson if it is the cheapest at Wal Mart (Wal Mart is ok, or have they turned to the dark side as well?)

I'm conflicted on Taco Bell, I dislike Mexicans, but do like Chihuahuas. Hmmm. HELP!!