DENVER (AP) — A big U.S. meatpacker has agreed to pay $1.5 million to 138 Somali-American Muslim workers who were fired from their jobs at a Colorado plant after they were refused prayer breaks, a federal anti-discrimination agency said Friday. Every reasonable effort was made to accommodate these workers, but with a 24-hour round-the-clock schedule, […]
Colorado: Muslim workers fired after walking off job over prayer dispute, Hamas-linked CAIR steps in
“There has been a desire among some employees to go in larger groups of people to pray. We just can’t accommodate that. It backs up the flow of all the production. We’re a federally inspected, USDA inspected plant. We have to ensure food safety. We have to ensure the products we produce meet consumer expectations.” […]