Swift and Co fires the Somalis—unbelievably brave of them
Posted by acorcoran on September 11, 2008
Update September 12th: AP does a politically correct story here.
Update an hour later: TV coverage here. My observations on the film here.
Update minutes later: The Tribune in Greeley has a more detailed article on what happened yesterday afternoon when Somali workers were terminated. The police had to be called in:
About 15 Greeley police officers arrived at the plant, responding to a 3:56 p.m. call from a Swift security guard who said things were “getting out of control” inside the plant, said Greeley Police Chief Jerry Garner, who also went to the plant.
I just got up to the news from the nightowl, Blulitespecial, that Swift has fired 130-150 of the Somali workers who walked off the production line in protest over break times last Friday. We have reported that there was some sort of violence by the Somalis inside the plant that caused the company to ask for police to be on hand when the workers were let out that evening.
The following day, non-Muslim workers, many of them legal Hispanic workers, protested saying that the “Somalis are running our plant.”
Now comes news that Swift has acted swiftly to fire the trouble makers:
GREELEY — At least 130 Muslim workers at the north Greeley JBS Swift & Co. plant were fired Wednesday afternoon, apparently over a dispute involving breaks during Ramadan.
About 15 Greeley police officers were called to the scene by a Swift security guard as part of the termination. A security guard told police one terminated Swift worker had tried to hit him.
No arrests were made. The worker was escorted off the premises and police remained on the scene for peace-keeping purposes.
A union spokesman says the union will file grievances against the Greeley meatpacking company.
At issue is a request by Muslim workers to be able to take their lunch breaks at sunset to end their fast during Ramadan.
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 spokesman Manny Gonzales said that between 130 to 150 workers from JBS Swift & Co. had been fired.
I predict the fallout from this brave move by the company will be enormous. You know there will be a lawsuit and CAIR (and its partner, the EEOC) will be in the middle of it. And, the town of Greeley, the town that figured so prominantly in the birthing of radical Islam, will have hundreds of unemployed Somalis as citizens—what an honor. Greeley folks might want to check out Somali gang violence in Seattle.
Just an aside: I will bet that those same Greeley churches that offended Sayed Qtub in 1950 with their ‘obscene’ dancing are now the churches responsible for resettling the Somalis in Greeley today (along with the US State Department of course).
How many Somalis have been resettled in the US, see my post yesterday here. On this anniversary of 9/11 be sure to note that we have brought more Shariah-loving Somalis to the US since 9/11 then we did in the twenty years before that fateful day.
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NELLIE CA said
Did the Swift Co reinstate the workers that were Refugees? I am boycotting any company that hires Refugees.
I think all states need to OPT-OUT on Refugees until our government can handle the hired contractors who only want the money they get for bringing these people here.
I agree with one of the people. They are brought here to make a better life but they bring the old life here and expect to keep this life going here.
Religion has no place in the “workplace”. If they don’t like this then they should go back to their own country.
Swift should not have to deal with religion and the refugees need to comply to the health standards of dress code.
I am against bringing in the Refugees at this time. We can’t afford the money for the Welfare and cost of resettlement! this is more work and cost to our local government
Public school in Minnesota says ‘NO’ to Somali special accommodation « Refugee Resettlement Watch said
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Graen Isse, Somali mouthpiece in Greeley is moving on up « Refugee Resettlement Watch said
[...] the land of opportunity! Here is a case where all it took was being the mouthpiece for fired Somali workers in Greeley, CO and presto, off the meat slicing and dicing line and into the Court [...]
Gates of Vienna: probing the infidel world « Refugee Resettlement Watch said
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SWIFT FIRES THE VIOLENT SOMALIS OVER RAMADAN VIOLENCE | Atlas Shrugs said
[...] Things have gotten complicated in Greeley. Apparently Swift didn’t take the violent Muslim protests laying down. They fired the violent workers and the police had to be called in. Refugee Resettlement Watch has the follow up on to this disturbing story. The "discord" is a result of Muslim workers viceral reaction to JBS Swift & Co.’s sudden reversal of accommodation for their religious fasting. Swift and Co fires the Somalis—unbelievably brave of them [...]
Angry workers told to lay low today in Greeley « Refugee Resettlement Watch said
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blulitespecial said
From Swift-
“They said they warned the workers who walked out Friday night they would be terminated if they didn’t return to work for their Tuesday shifts. About 120 Muslim workers returned Tuesday, but another 100 or so didn’t. Those were the ones who were fired Wednesday afternoon.”
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20080911/NEWS/809119985/1051&ParentProfile=1001
blulitespecial said
This is getting around,ALIPAC has picked up on it.UPI and other news services have too.There are more television news clips from “legal” people being posted on the web.There was a protest action scheduled by the fired muslim workers for today-but they were advised to “lay low” on SEP 11th. wow – Ya think? This seems to be more of a case of the muslim employees thinking it’s OK to go around a binding negotiated contract.It’s more complicated than that.You can negotiate a simple short-term solution,but not a radical change in the contract and working conditions.If you take a little from some workers,the other workers have to give a little to make up for it.Seems to me the muslim employees were all”take”,and well beyond limits of fair,equal working conditions.This is much more than a case of “Hey would you mind trading break times for a couple weeks?”It’s way past that.They have walked out at Swift plants before,and were fired.Too bad-So sad-Buh-bye.
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-131073.html
cluelessinky said
I’m getting tired of having people leave their crappy countries come here and complain that the USA is not like their old hell holes. Go back to Africa, or Iran, or Iraq or where ever but please just go back!
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