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Tyson Foods plant in Tennessee scraps Labor Day holiday for all employees - replaces it with Eid ul-Fitr

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Who don't they let those that wanted Eid off take it off and work labor day and those who want labor day off work on Eid? :wacko:

Because then there would be 1 extra day where the plant wouldn't have it's full complement of people (thus, less capacity).

I see. I don't know, it's not that big of a deal but I am not going to be PC and say "yay" or anything. I think comparing Christmas is different. But I am sure soon people won't think that needs to be a day off since it's Christian. Maybe we should be like India and recognize so many religions' holidays that there are tons of paid days off. :dance::P

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Who don't they let those that wanted Eid off take it off and work labor day and those who want labor day off work on Eid? :wacko:

Because then there would be 1 extra day where the plant wouldn't have it's full complement of people (thus, less capacity).

I see. I don't know, it's not that big of a deal but I am not going to be PC and say "yay" or anything. I think comparing Christmas is different. But I am sure soon people won't think that needs to be a day off since it's Christian. Maybe we should be like India and recognize so many religions' holidays that there are tons of paid days off. :dance::P

Why is Christmas different? I think the problem with having a floating holiday that people could take off one holiday or the other is that on Eid, the plant will be more than half empty.

But I agree with the recognize more holidays bit!!! :dancing: We get much less vacation/holiday time than many parts of the world! Craziness!!!

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Who don't they let those that wanted Eid off take it off and work labor day and those who want labor day off work on Eid? :wacko:

Because then there would be 1 extra day where the plant wouldn't have it's full complement of people (thus, less capacity).

I see. I don't know, it's not that big of a deal but I am not going to be PC and say "yay" or anything. I think comparing Christmas is different. But I am sure soon people won't think that needs to be a day off since it's Christian. Maybe we should be like India and recognize so many religions' holidays that there are tons of paid days off. :dance::P

Why is Christmas different? I think the problem with having a floating holiday that people could take off one holiday or the other is that on Eid, the plant will be more than half empty.

But I agree with the recognize more holidays bit!!! :dancing: We get much less vacation/holiday time than many parts of the world! Craziness!!!

I am all for more holidays. :dance:

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I am all for more holidays. :dance:

I heartily support all Jewish holidays... :D

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I see. I don't know, it's not that big of a deal but I am not going to be PC and say "yay" or anything.

Why is it PC to think that this is a reasonable change, especially considering a majority of the workers celebrate that holiday and furthermore, it was a negotiation that was allowed by contract?

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I am all for more holidays. :dance:

I heartily support all Jewish holidays... :D

why stop at Jewish? With so many religion in the world, let's celebrate all :dance:

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Who don't they let those that wanted Eid off take it off and work labor day and those who want labor day off work on Eid? :wacko:

Because then there would be 1 extra day where the plant wouldn't have it's full complement of people (thus, less capacity).

I see. I don't know, it's not that big of a deal but I am not going to be PC and say "yay" or anything. I think comparing Christmas is different. But I am sure soon people won't think that needs to be a day off since it's Christian. Maybe we should be like India and recognize so many religions' holidays that there are tons of paid days off. :dance::P

Why is Christmas different? I think the problem with having a floating holiday that people could take off one holiday or the other is that on Eid, the plant will be more than half empty.

But I agree with the recognize more holidays bit!!! :dancing: We get much less vacation/holiday time than many parts of the world! Craziness!!!

I am all for more holidays. :dance:

Exactly. :D

More time for parties, or spending time with family, or sleeping alllllll damn day.

I wouldn't mind holidays like this (I'm agnostic and appreciate Christmas simply for the holiday spirit) since I get to celebrate them however I want. I simply love family, love friends, and love seeing everyone having a good time. :)

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It's nice to see that some of the non-Muslim employees were willing to be flexible, seeing that the majority of the workers are Muslim and it is after all just one out of 8 holidays.

Exactly. Compromise to make EVERYONE happy. Such a novel thought for some, apparently.

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I don't quite get why it's not possible to allow the minority to still choose labour day as their holiday as apposed to 1 Oct. However, I am not management :D

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It's nice to see that some of the non-Muslim employees were willing to be flexible, seeing that the majority of the workers are Muslim and it is after all just one out of 8 holidays.

Exactly. Compromise to make EVERYONE happy. Such a novel thought for some, apparently.

Not EVERYONE was happy...no one seemed really angry at least, just annoyed.

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It's nice to see that some of the non-Muslim employees were willing to be flexible, seeing that the majority of the workers are Muslim and it is after all just one out of 8 holidays.

Exactly. Compromise to make EVERYONE happy. Such a novel thought for some, apparently.

Not EVERYONE was happy...no one seemed really angry at least, just annoyed.

Perhaps. But I do suppose that if the opposite scenario were in place- denying a majority its 'desire' then we'd be looking at things a bit differently.

I do think that, labor shortages aside, accomodating one date for some workers to choose vs another date, is a good idea.

The fix for some, and I am not singling anyone out on this, is that there are Muslims involved in the equation.

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