Somali Workers Lose Jobs after Unlawful Strike over On-The-Job Prayer Time Dispute
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Of the approximately 2,000 employees at Cargill Meat Solutions, Inc.’s Fort Morgan plant, 600 are Somali. Nearly 200 Somalis walked off the job in protest that they were deprived of on-the-job prayer time. This is a Teamster facility, and the Somalis were terminated for violating the no-strike clause of their collective bargaining agreement. The Union…
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