Saturday, October 08, 2011

And here we go:Seattle Hertz Suspends Muslim Drivers for Praying Too Long

UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF POST, BY PASTORIUS - 

ADDITIONAL UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF POST


I can argue both ides of this one, but the reality is if it diminishes service and profit, others will be hired.
To pray or not to pray? That is the question posed to some Somali Muslims working at Hertz, just as long as they clock out.
More than 30 Somali Muslim shuttle drivers working for Hertz at the Seattle airport were indefinitely suspended over the issue of whether they had been taking too long on their religious breaks without clocking out.
The Seattle Times reports that Teamsters Local 117, which represents the 34 suspended drivers, filed an unfair labor-practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, citing that the car rental hub in Seattle failed to notify the union ahead of time of the rule alteration, which was instituted Sept. 30.
UPDATE
Muslim drivers who clocked out for prayer were not suspended
A Hertz spokesman said the workers had been repeatedly told they needed to clock out and that the 34 suspended workers had not complied.
"We felt it was reasonable for our Muslim employees who need to pray a couple times during the workday to clock in and clock out," said Rich Broome, spokesman for Hertz.
Broome said it's not about pay — break time is paid time — but to ensure that workers were staying within the 10-minute time slots, which has been a problem.
He pointed out that Muslim workers who clocked out were not suspended.
UPDATE - Teamsters Union Files Suit

It's difficult to comprehend why the Teamsters would file, given the problem is not with prayer but with excessive abuse of not clocking out for it. It's apparent the Muslims demand increased jizya or will further their litigation jihad. No muslim feels it's incumbent upon themselves to sacrifice their income for their piety. Their doctrine provides the tools to suffer the kuffar.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

if your religion interferes with your carrying out the duties expected of you in your job,

you should be fired.

if you want to work at a slaughter house but your muslim and complain that you cant cut up hogs,

it is obvious that this is not the job for you.

if your amish its qiute apparent your going to make a bad cop if your unwilling to carry a gun or shoot someone in defense of yourself and society.

Pastorius said...

A job is not a Right, no matter what the Occupy Wall Street people might think.

It's one thing to wear a Cross, a Star of David, a Kipa, a Hijab, but a government-protected interruption of EVERYONE'S work schedule in order to pray is an egregious affront to the Free Market

Anonymous said...

I'm offended by a cult member whose group and official book says to kill me. I do not want to be driven by a muzzie. Do I have the right to request another driver?

Brooke said...

So from what I gather most of those Muslims who were not clocking out were taking way longer than needed to pray and then using their religion as an excuse to slack off.

Epaminondas said...

Given that update, I cannot imagine how Hertz could have done more.

This is PURE grievance searching. The unions should be ashamed. Oh wait, they are ON THE OTHER SIDE?

Pastorius said...

Epa,
Perhaps the Unions are using this issue to bring Muslims into the Occupy Wall St. movement of protests across the country.

Anonymous said...

@Blaze.com . . .Teamsters Union Files Suit

It's difficult to comprehend why the Teamsters would file, given the problem is not with prayer but with excessive abuse of not clocking out for it. It's apparent the Muslims demand increased jizya or will further their litigation jihad. No muslim feels it's incumbent upon themselves to sacrifice their income for their piety. Their doctrine provides the tools to suffer the kuffar.