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Hertz fired 34 Muslims for praying on the job

Posted in October 7th, 2011

A little more than 30 Muslims working for Hertz in the Seattle area were terminated from their jobs for praying on the company’s time.

Reports say Hertz terminated 34 drivers working out of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for taking payer breaks without clocking out first.

The company says a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission two years ago required Muslims to punch out before praying.

The employees, who were sent home last week, are working with their union, Teamster Local 117, for re-instatement.

The union claims that Hertz had previously not required that workers clock out for prayer. They have since filed an unfair-labor-practices complaint with the National Labor RELATIONS Board against Hertz for failing to notify the union in advance of what it called a policy change.

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3 users commented in " Hertz fired 34 Muslims for praying on the job "

Anonymous said,

in October 8th, 2011 at 2:26 am

I work with about 15 Muslims at a tool and die shop north of Detroit. It was disturbing to me the first time that I walked in on there group prayer in the warehouse. It not only upsets me but the rest of the non Muslims in the shop. It is very unfair that they get paid to pray when they are supposed to be working. Does this mean that I can stop and pray too? Of course not. Being Christian is different than being Muslim according to every Yemen person that I work with. I absolutely agree with the decision of Hertz. If you are not doing the job you are being paid to do, you shouldn’t be getting paid. I really hope that the Muslim people realize that if they value there jobs that they will adjust their prayer times and adapt to life in this beautiful country.

buddyb said,

in October 8th, 2011 at 2:27 am

aj said,

in October 9th, 2011 at 5:44 pm

I think the Christians ought to start praying on and off the clock! We need God’s grace big time to personally and collectively deal with the invasion of Muslims and the growing intollerance of Christian in our population, media and government. Christians who work in places where Muslims are praying on the job should do likewise and challenge the company–there should be no difference–its all religion! If our country keeps caving to Muslims, we will very soon have Sharia! Don’t expect muslims to adapt if we will not resist.