Amazon may have issued a “declaration of support” in January for a lawsuit against President Trump’s order to put a temporary halt to immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, but that hasn’t stopped outraged Muslims from planning a May 1 demonstration at the front door of the company’s headquarters in Seattle.
The Service Employees International Union and three Muslim guards who work for Security Industry Specialists, the security contractor Amazon uses to guard its facility, accuse SIS, and by implication Amazon, of refusing to allow the guards space to pray five times daily, even though members of other religions are granted the privilege of using prayer rooms.
Essag Hassan, a former SIS guard at Amazon, said he was let go because of his request to be allowed to pray on his work break.
The SEIU told PJM “a strongly worded letter” from the “Seattle faith community” would be delivered to Amazon during the rally planned outside the company’s headquarters.
“Unlike other companies in locations with large Muslim populations, Amazon has not supported Muslim service workers requesting space to pray during their law-mandated work breaks,” the SEIU email to PJM said.
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as long as they clock out when they do it, maybe its ok.
ReplyDeletethey are not getting paid to pray
This is called special favors to certain groups. Do / will Christians be given this special break time at their discretion? If not this is blatant discrimination and should be fought in the Courts. Also shows unequal treatment of employees.
ReplyDeleteFire them all - Christians don't get anything close to what these slimes are asking for!
ReplyDeleteWhat job do you know that employees get 5 breaks per day?
ReplyDelete1:00 like Sundays off?
ReplyDeleteThats a companys option to close NOT A EMPLOYEES good try SNOWFLAKE IRETON.
DeleteAlot of companies work on Sunday.
Delete2:15 - if the job you have requires you to work on Sunday - try telling your boss no and see how long you remain employed!
ReplyDeleteAmerica better wake up real damn soon.
ReplyDeleteWhat's truly sad is America has been overthrown from within already and the population doesn't even know it yet.
ReplyDeleteDOCK THEM 15 MIN X 5 A DAY.
ReplyDeleteIslam is Tolerant of Other Religions The Myth: Religious minorities have flourished under Islam. Muslims are commanded to protect Jews and Christians (the People of the Book) and do no harm to them. In Sura 109, the Quran says, "To you, your religion. To me, mine." The Truth: Religious minorities have not “flourished” under Islam. In fact, they always dwindle to mere shadows after a few centuries of persecution and discrimination. Some were converted from their native religion by brute force, others under the agonizing strain of dhimmitude. What Muslims call “tolerance,” others correctly identify as institutionalized discrimination. The consignment of Jews and Christians to dhimmis under Islamic rule means that they are not allowed the same religious rights and freedoms as Muslims. They cannot share their faith, for example, or build houses of worship without permission.
ReplyDeleteI might have to shift some of my shopping to Amazon to show them some support.
ReplyDeleteThey will be disrupting the normal workflow by taking so many breaks even if they clock out for them. Amazon hires workers to perform as Amazon wants them to, not what the employees want to do. They either want the job offered, or they don't. It's a free country, remember?
ReplyDeleteDont Hire them.
ReplyDeleteIn America > They have to CONFORM to Us and our ways of
ReplyDeleteliving.......NOT the other way around......or they can
LEAVE !!!!.......See Ya
It seems to me they were hired to work for eight hours. If they cannot work for eight hours without breaks to pray they should not have taken the job. When you get hired by an employer you agree to do a certain amount of work for a certain amount of hours for a certain amount of money. If you don't agree with the pay or anything else you can say "No thank you" and look somewhere else for a job that better suits your needs. I have worked all my life and never complained even about low pay because I agreed to work for that amount of pay. Then as I got more experienced my pay went up. But these Muslims think they are better than everyone else and deserve special privileges. I say they agreed to work they should work. If they don't like they can always quit.
ReplyDeletesend them to the AMAZON !!!!
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