OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Somali-American leader says 150 Muslims have lost their jobs at a Grand Island, Neb., meatpacking plant that has been embroiled in a prayer dispute.
Mohamed Rage (RAYZH) with the Omaha Somali-American Community Organization says 80 workers were thrown out after an altercation late Thursday. He says when they tried to return for their shift Friday, they were fired, along with 70 others.
Union president Dan Hoppes describes what happened differently. He says 60 to 80 people quit Thursday, although he didn't know what happened Friday.
Officials with JBS Swift and Co. didn't return repeated phone messages Friday from The Associated Press.
The Muslim workers have been asking to be allowed to pray at sunset.
Mohamed Rage (RAYZH) with the Omaha Somali-American Community Organization says 80 workers were thrown out after an altercation late Thursday. He says when they tried to return for their shift Friday, they were fired, along with 70 others.
Union president Dan Hoppes describes what happened differently. He says 60 to 80 people quit Thursday, although he didn't know what happened Friday.
Officials with JBS Swift and Co. didn't return repeated phone messages Friday from The Associated Press.
The Muslim workers have been asking to be allowed to pray at sunset.
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At least his last name is appropriate for TROPO. (Mohamed Rage).
I don't have a problem with people praying during working hours. They just don't have to leave work to do it. I remember silently praying to God while sitting at my desk HOURLY that I would be struck by lightening and put out of the misery of a life spent behind a desk working for the man. Furthermore, I did it without disruption to anyone else.
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