Grand Island Swift plant expects more problems when Ramadan begins in August

Don’t you just love these stories about how diversity is strength?  Here is an update from Grand Island, NE of the story we created a whole category for last fall.  Big meatpackers, like Swift & Co. are apparently still having on-going conflicts between immigrant workers—workers they employ so they can keep wages low. Last September, culture and religion came … Continue reading Grand Island Swift plant expects more problems when Ramadan begins in August

Outrage! Somalis try to silence mayor of Grand Island, NE…

…and, if they succeed, you will be next! Boy does this make my blood boil!    Do you remember last Wednesday that the New York Times actually published a front page story about the multicultural tension in Grand Island, NE in the wake of Muslim prayer demands and the subsequent firing of Somalis at the Swift meatpacking plant … Continue reading Outrage! Somalis try to silence mayor of Grand Island, NE…

Grand Island: some sort of grand experiment?

Blulitespecial sent us several links from the Grand Island Independent about Grand Island’s annual Multicultural Coalition’s meeting yesterday.   I’m wondering if the “talkers” discussed the New York Times front page story that came out yesterday morning about the discord in towns like Grand Island as Somali Muslims intimidate other minority cultures to stay silent.   See … Continue reading Grand Island: some sort of grand experiment?

Greeley/Grand Island, Somali/Swift mess may be start of something big

According to Religion News Service the recent conflict over prayer times at two Swift meatpacking plants may be the beginning of a Muslim labor movement in the US.   Hundreds of Muslim workers at two meat processing plants in Colorado and Nebraska walked off the job earlier this month, protesting their employer’s refusal to grant time … Continue reading Greeley/Grand Island, Somali/Swift mess may be start of something big

African American Publication says Blacks joined protest against Muslims in Grand Island

There is just a brief mention in a publication called AFRO (thanks to Blulitespecial for sending it along) that says Black Americans joined Hispanic, White and Vietnamese workers at the Swift meatpacking plant to protest special treatment demanded by Somali Muslims in Grand Island, NE over the last week.  Check out the story here. We have … Continue reading African American Publication says Blacks joined protest against Muslims in Grand Island