Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
This security contractor doesn't exactly seem to have a good track record in the past (stiffing workers on overtime pay).
That said, who knows what the real story is. The contractor did allow contractors to pray, but once people wanted to pray 5 times a day, started become an issue apparently.
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.
In this article: https://www.thoughtco.com/islamic-pr...imings-2003811 the prayer breaks take place over many hours. Fajr (pre-dawn), Dhuhr (noon), 'Asr (afternoon), Maghrib (sunset), and Maghrib (sunset). So I would think that, unless these employees are working overtime or double shifts; that they would have no reason to pray five times during one eight hour shift. It would also only seem fair for others, that are not Muslims, to enjoy the exact same paid time away from the job. Of course that could put many employers out of business.
There is also the 'recruitment' aspect of forcing religion on businesses. Most employees in the US treat religion as a 'don't ask, don't tell' - they do their jobs without ever discussing their own personal religion. This prayer call is in your face and could be looked on as a recruitment tool since it would be discussed among other coworkers.
Should non-believers have to alter their schedules around believers' schedule? Some factory lines run 24/7 and others have to do the job while the Muslims go to prayer - is that fair?
I have never been anywhere that there was an official "smoke break" at the most, rules where I worked stated that you get a half hour lunch break, a fifteen minute morning break and a 15 minute afternoon break. That's all. However, there ARE plenty of people who do believe they are entitled to cigarette breaks and they seem to TAKE them at least once an hour.
Personally, if they were in my company, I would fire them.
It's no big deal if they miss. They can just make it up later. It's in the book.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
