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I object to this sentence. It sounds like these heathens pray normally – i.e. to Jesus. What they are doing is abnormal and anti-American. In essence, they are praying for victory for Al-Qaida.
The company are obviously correct here. What company would give paid time to employees who call upon a false god to bring down America?
See that? They pray hundreds of times a day! Their god must be really pissed off with that. Do they think their god has Alzheimer’s and has to be reminded hourly?... Perhaps they do; I can’t imagine their god answering every prayer like Jesus does.
SEATTLE — More than two dozen Somali Muslim drivers for Hertz at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are being fired after refusing to clock out for daily breaks during which they normally pray.
The 26 workers drive the company's rental cars to and from the airport for cleaning and refueling. They are among 34 Hertz employees suspended Sept. 30 for failing to clock out before breaks. Teamsters Local 117, [Ed EB: Jimmy Hoffer where are you now?] which represents the workers, said Hertz agreed during contract negotiations last year that union members would not need to clock out during prayer breaks. But the company maintains workers were violating a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached two years ago.
Eight of the 34 suspended workers signed the company's new clock-out agreement and have returned to their jobs, company spokesman Rich Broome said in an email. Termination letters have been sent to the rest. "The failure of many employees to return to work promptly after prayers had created an unmanageable, unfair work environment at the Seattle airport location," Broome wrote. Clocking out ensured that everyone's interests were preserved, he said. The company gave suspended workers until the end of the day Thursday to sign the clock-out agreement, if they wanted to be reinstated, Broome told The Seattle Times.
"It's not about prayer, it's not about religion; it's about reasonable requirements," Broome told the AP earlier this month.
The union represents nearly 80 Hertz drivers who earn between $9.15 and $9.95 an hour. About 70 percent are Muslims. Observant Muslims pray several times a day.
"It's not about prayer, it's not about religion; it's about reasonable requirements," Broome told the AP earlier this month.
The union represents nearly 80 Hertz drivers who earn between $9.15 and $9.95 an hour. About 70 percent are Muslims. Observant Muslims pray several times a day.
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