Post by Logan on Feb 4, 2016 1:24:34 GMT -6
Seven Muslim factory workers fired, 14 resign over prayer break policy at Wisconsin plant
Seven Muslim factory workers were fired and 14 others resigned over a Wisconsin company’s new prayer guidelines, executives said Wednesday.
Fifty-three Somali immigrant employees protested Ariens Company’s revoking of their two extra five-minute prayer breaks per day last month.
Yet 32 of them have decided to remain with the Green Bay-area maker of snowblowers and lawnmowers under the new policy, said company spokeswoman Ann Stilp.
Former Ariens painter Ibrahim Mehemmed told WBAY-TV last month that he got a pink slip because he said he couldn’t pray during his lunch break.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/national/muslim-factory-workers-fired-prayer-break-policy-article-1.2519354
Seven Muslim factory workers were fired and 14 others resigned over a Wisconsin company’s new prayer guidelines, executives said Wednesday.
Fifty-three Somali immigrant employees protested Ariens Company’s revoking of their two extra five-minute prayer breaks per day last month.
Yet 32 of them have decided to remain with the Green Bay-area maker of snowblowers and lawnmowers under the new policy, said company spokeswoman Ann Stilp.
Former Ariens painter Ibrahim Mehemmed told WBAY-TV last month that he got a pink slip because he said he couldn’t pray during his lunch break.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/national/muslim-factory-workers-fired-prayer-break-policy-article-1.2519354