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Maybe americans should ban Tyson Foods. I won't be buying any.

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Labor Day Still Recognized at Tyson Foods; Union Contract Provision only at Shelbyville, TN Plant



Springdale, Arkansas – August 4, 2008 – Contrary to recent reports, Labor Day is still a holiday at Tyson Foods.  This issue concerns only the plant at Shelbyville, TN.  The majority of employees at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville, TN, are represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Stores Union (RWDSU), an American union that asked for and received Eid al-Fitr, as one of their eight paid holidays, in place of Labor Day.  This applies only to the Shelbyville plant and resulted as part of the union contract negotiated last fall. This change does not apply to Tyson Foods' other 118 plants. This is not a religious accommodation, rather, it is part of a union-initiated contract demand. 

 

This change came about as a result of union demands brought to the negotiating table, and was agreed upon by Tyson in an effort to reach a contractual agreement with the union.  The contract that calls for this change was unanimously recommended by the 12-person union bargaining committee, which included three Somali employees. The contract was then overwhelmingly agreed to by 80 percent of the rank and file membership of the union at the Shelbyville plant. 

 

The Muslim population at the Shelbyville plant is primarily composed of approximately 250 Somali employees, who are political refugees, most of whom came to the plant as a result of refugee resettlement efforts based in Nashville.  They were employed at the plant through the Tennessee Department of Employment Security office.     

 

The Shelbyville complex employs approximately 1,200 people.  Approximately 1,000 workers are covered by the union agreement at Shelbyville.

 

 

Oh yea, it pist me off too....  I emailed them, and then copied the article and forward to others....  Like I said in my email to Tyson, I feel like printing up the article and posting it up at all grocery stores down here...  Funny thing is there stock prices keep fallilng, hope the keep falling... 

But honestly, people need to get fired up about this kind of stuff, because if we don't, well let's just say this is just the begining....

I work in Broward County Schools, and do you know, sometimes during the afternoon annoucements, "this afternoon there will be a Kuran study group.......", I don't hear them stating this afternoon there will be a Christian study group, or a Jewish study group....  I am sorry, but we need really wake up and smell the coffee.... 

Well  as a good American i sent my e-mail in last night and I just got this reply a few minutes ago from Tyson foods.....Rick


Labor Day Reinstated as Paid Holiday at Shelbyville, TN, Plant
Tyson Foods Requested Change from Union

Springdale, Arkansas - August 8, 2008 - Tyson Foods, Inc. announced
today it has reached a new agreement with the Retail, Wholesale and
Department Store Union (RWDSU), an American union, reinstating Labor Day
as one of the designated paid holidays under the contract for covered
employees in the Shelbyville, Tennessee, plant.   

Tyson made this request on behalf of its Shelbyville plant employees,
some of whom had expressed concern about the new contract provisions
relative to paid holidays.  In an effort to be responsive, Tyson asked
the union to reopen the contract to address the holiday issue, and the
union agreed to do so.  The union membership voted overwhelmingly
Thursday to reinstate Labor Day as one of the plant's paid holidays,
while keeping Eid al-Fitr as an additional paid holiday for this year
only.  This means that in 2008 only, Shelbyville employees will have
nine paid holidays.

For the remainder of the five-year contract period, the eight paid
holidays will include: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial
Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and a
Personal Holiday, which could either be the employee's birthday, Eid
al-Fitr or another day requested and approved by their supervisor.

This issue concerns only the plant at Shelbyville, Tennessee.  Labor Day
has always been celebrated, and continues to be, at the other 118 Tyson
plants across the country.
     
The Shelbyville complex employs approximately 1,200 people.
Approximately 1,000 workers are covered by the RWDSU union agreement at
that location.


Jeri Smith
Consumer Relations
Tyson Foods, Inc.