WorldNow, Fort Morgan :
In all, 190 Muslim workers at the Cargil meat plant in Fort Morgan, have been fired. It comes as a result of a dispute over prayer while at work.
They are Somalis who came to Colorado to work. But this week their employer, Cargill Meat Solutions, fired many of them after
they refused to show up for three days in protest. “It doesn’t matter if I don’t have a job, my religion is more important,” said Tony Aden, a fired worker. The company says the dispute began earlier this month when 11 Somalis wanted to pray all at one time. The company said no because it would stop the operations. The Somalis left and prayed anyway. News of that led nearly 200 others to stop work in protest.
In all, 190 Muslim workers at the Cargil meat plant in Fort Morgan, have been fired. It comes as a result of a dispute over prayer while at work.
They are Somalis who came to Colorado to work. But this week their employer, Cargill Meat Solutions, fired many of them after
they refused to show up for three days in protest. “It doesn’t matter if I don’t have a job, my religion is more important,” said Tony Aden, a fired worker. The company says the dispute began earlier this month when 11 Somalis wanted to pray all at one time. The company said no because it would stop the operations. The Somalis left and prayed anyway. News of that led nearly 200 others to stop work in protest.
