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

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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

Somalis will sue Swift and the Mayor is next, or so they threaten!

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This is an update of our now extensive coverage (54 posts in this category) of the Somali meatpacking conflicts in Greeley, CO and Grand Island, NE.   (Hat tip:  Janet)   CAIR agitators are in Grand Island collecting stories from fired workers in preparation for their upcoming discrimination suit against the meatpacker.  From KHAS-TV: Members of a Muslim advocacy group … Continue reading Somalis will sue Swift and the Mayor is next, or so they threaten!

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

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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

The Greeley Tribune links Swift/Somali conflict and “Obsession” DVD distribution

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Update September 24th:  CAIR files FEC complaint about distribution of “Obsession”, see Jihad Watch here. Update from Grand Island:  Somalis making threats? Wow!   You must see this lengthy report in the Greeley Tribune today by reporter Chris Casey.  It is the kind of indepth reporting we should be seeing in the big city papers, but … Continue reading The Greeley Tribune links Swift/Somali conflict and “Obsession” DVD distribution