TYSON FOODS TRUTH OR FICTION

The headline reads, "Tyson replaces Labor Day with Muslim Holiday"

SAY WHAT????

That was the headline but the story is something else.

It seems the UNION at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville Tennessee voted to replace their paid day off from Labor Day to a Muslim Holiday. Still sounds ludicrous to me. Yet that is the way it is. The local branch of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) voted in 2008 to replace Labor Day with EID AL-FITR a Muslim Holiday at the end of Ramadan.

Emails and posts to facebook are all over this almost two-year-old story. Most are blaming Tyson Foods. Some are suggesting a boycot hoping that the company will go out of business thereby punishing the Union for such a contract.

But as usual with Email and facebook stories the rest of the story is the real story. Tyson and the RWDSU renegotiated their contract and Labor Day IS one of the employees 8 paid Holidays. in 2008 EID-AL FITR could be taken as a paid holiday or the employees could choose to take their birthday as a holiday. I wish that people would do a bit of investigation BEFORE sending out this type of email or social network post. Once it is out there, it is impossible to take back!!!.

If you see something that infuriates you regarding a Business check it out before you spread the rumor!!! Remember even if it says it has been checked out on snopes it probably was not!