Tyson Foods brings back Labor Day

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Got this email this morning......
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Labor Day Reinstated as Paid Holiday at Shelbyville, TN, Plant
Tyson Foods Requested Change from Union
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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.
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the power of the consumer at work...:cool:

i kinda wish our govt. would fold like this to the will of the people.
 
The power to send out a bunch of chain mail?

It's not even gun related.
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wasn't chain mail. i take it consumers dont like their holidays being screwed with...labor day or not.
 
Labor Day isn't a communist idea, and if you guys don't care for the thread don't post here. Personally I'm glad to see that Tyson Foods took enough flak, from unions, private citizens, whatever, that they are bringing Labor Day back as a paid holiday.
 
Its a Muslim holiday to end the fasting during Ramadan. Trust me, fasting is a big deal to them. They take a few days off and EAT, EAT, EAT... Wouldnt blame them for wanting a day off especially after not eating for so long.
 
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