Swift plant sued over treatment of Muslim workers
The Denver Post
Posted: 08/31/2010 01:00:00 AM MDTUpdated: 08/31/2010 03:49:24 PM MDT

Prayer tiff at Swift plantOMAHA — Federal officials say a JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant should give Muslim employees prayer time and not retaliate against workers who ask to pray.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of more than 80 Somali Muslims.

A message left at JBS Swift's U.S. headquarters in Greeley wasn't immediately returned.

Hundreds of Muslim workers walked off the job at the Grand Island, Neb., plant during Ramadan in 2008, saying they needed time to pray at sunset and break a day-long fast. Management adjusted the work schedule the next day.

Non-Muslims protested and the accommodations ended. The company fired 86 Muslims for walking off the job and said the firings weren't about religion. The Associated Press

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