Gold’n Plump Gets Screwed

  • mrwalleye
    MN
    Posts: 974
    April 2, 2009 at 3:40 am #1262364


    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal magistrate judge has given final approval to settlements in two religious discrimination lawsuits involving Gold’n Plump Poultry Inc.

    Under a consent degree approved last week by Magistrate Judge Jeanne Graham, St. Cloud-based Gold’n Plump will add a paid break to the second half of each shift. That will accommodate Muslims who want to pray during the work day. The chicken processor will also pay $215,000 to 128 Somali-American Muslims who claimed religious discrimination, including discharge and discipline.

    In a related case involving an employment agency, The Work Connection, another $150,000 will be paid to 28 people. They refused to sign forms stating they would not refuse to handle pork if they were referred to work at Gold’n plump facilities in Cold Spring, Minn., and Arcadia, Wis.

    OK is it just me ? or if you cant handle pork because of your religion then why would you work at a pork processing factory.

    If you think we need to bend over backwards for your beliefs, then feel free to return to your $#!*hole third world country you came from, and take the federal magistrate judge with you.

    drakesdemise
    Residing in St. Paul, MN doing weekly travel throughout the five state Upper Midwest
    Posts: 976
    April 2, 2009 at 4:08 am #764987

    This post is probably well on it’s way to getting flagged if we throw out too much personal opinion, but I am in total agreement with your sentiment
    Good luck
    cheers

    bigshoots30
    Sartell, MN
    Posts: 317
    April 2, 2009 at 4:09 am #764989

    This is absolutely unbelievable!! Equal rights for everyone?? That is a bunch of CRAP!! I say work the job you applied for or get the _ell out of this country!!

    2jranch
    Arcadia, WI
    Posts: 851
    April 2, 2009 at 4:14 am #764991

    Well, that’s the way the whole country is going……..”press 1 for english”……..oh hell no…….how about “if you no habla engles……..go home!”

    We raise chickens for Gold’n Plump in Arcadia…..and we don’t process any pork here at our plant……but I think the St. Cloud plant still does the bacon wrapped chicken filets…..but I’m with you……do the job or go home. They have always been fair to all the employees…….but there is no pleasing some of them.

    Now Governor Doyle is sticking it to them too. Since he, like the other politicians, can’t learn how to spend only what you have……..he wants to put a slaughter tax on all animals slaughtered in WI. That would cost GP about $430,000 per year……..and it will affect beef, pork, sheep, if this keeps up, there won’t be any business left in WI.

    June

    bigshoots30
    Sartell, MN
    Posts: 317
    April 2, 2009 at 4:23 am #764997

    We’ve gone over the hill in this country and we’re gaining speed……..next stop = “HELL”!!

    RoadKing
    Posts: 23
    April 2, 2009 at 10:30 am #765007

    Every day we get closer to needing a fix!!!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 2, 2009 at 10:51 am #765009

    I have nothing against other cultures.

    I do have something against our policy makers though…

    Who IS the EEOC?

    Quote:

    Religious discrimination charge filings with EEOC offices nationwide increased to a record level of 3,273 in Fiscal Year 2008, a 13.6% jump over FY 2007. On July 22, 2008, the EEOC issued a new Compliance Manual Section regarding religious discrimination, harassment, and accommodation. The EEOC issued this Section in response to an increase in charges of religious discrimination, increased religious diversity in the United States, and requests for guidance from stakeholders and agency personnel investigating and litigating claims of religious discrimination. The Section is available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/religion.html The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency’s web site at http://www.eeoc.gov.

    Whatever happened to the good of all out weighs the good of individuals?

    Quote:

    “Employers need to recognize the increasing diversity of religion in our country and provide accommodations as required by federal employment discrimination laws,” stated EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru. “Systemic cases such as these make workplaces better for many individuals.”

    It’s going to be a Golden Plump Easter at our house.

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    April 2, 2009 at 12:03 pm #765027

    Quote:

    Who IS the EEOC?

    Another anti “traditonal” core American value left wing BS bureaucracy….

    jetdriver
    Hudson WI
    Posts: 491
    April 2, 2009 at 12:11 pm #765029

    God Bless America!!

    But please Hurry!!

    a1a
    Posts: 471
    April 2, 2009 at 12:47 pm #765047

    I don’t think they got screwed at all, I think they brought it on themselves by hiring these people. Rather than hire “local” people, or people who traditionally held those jobs when the company had its origins, they decided that hiring someone who would work for far less money was more important. Great business decision and now they get what they paid for. And if you think I’m picking on Gold-n-plump, I’m not…my sentiments go for all companies that overload their work-force with these people.

    silverstreak
    West Union, IA
    Posts: 250
    April 2, 2009 at 1:50 pm #765064

    I agree, they should have hired locals. But I don’t think the judge made the right decisions either, I think they should have let the public vote on all matters. A one a week voting stations would be packed

    super_do
    St Michael, MN
    Posts: 1087
    April 2, 2009 at 2:40 pm #765085

    The fricken judges pretty much tell companies who they can hire!

    andyb
    Farmington, MN
    Posts: 139
    April 2, 2009 at 3:06 pm #765095

    Were half their names Muhammed too? This country could be well on its way to socialism herecy.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 2, 2009 at 3:10 pm #765099

    We’ll have to watch the comments in here. If we want a discussion…or this post will be over with.

    From my understanding, GP legally had to hire these people. Am I wrong?

    minnesota_tom
    Grand Meadow, MN
    Posts: 204
    April 2, 2009 at 3:56 pm #765107

    GP probably has little choice on who the hire and fire without it being said that they are discriminating. The biggest problem starts with the judge and the law makers. The law is probably wrong in most of our opinions and the judge is wrong to interpret the law as she did. Did I mention that I am also upset with Big E as he is at P4 fishing for four days? It bothers me more every time I look at his empty desk here at work.

    barebackjack
    New Prague, MN.
    Posts: 1023
    April 2, 2009 at 4:15 pm #765113

    When does this stop? Seriously we need to come together and say enough is enough, this is absolute crap!

    vikefanmn77
    Northfield,MN
    Posts: 1493
    April 2, 2009 at 4:19 pm #765115

    Its a truly terrible situation. Makes me sick to think about what our country is becoming. We are well on our way to being a sespool of all the worlds rejects. And while they flood in in massive numbers, keep in mind the fact that we pay for it.

    I do somewhat agree with the idea of GP bringing it on themselves though. Dont know what choice they had in hiring them, maybe they had to hire them to avoid jihad…

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 2, 2009 at 4:20 pm #765117

    Quote:

    Did I mention that I am also upset with Big E as he is at P4 fishing for four days? It bothers me more every time I look at his empty desk here at work.

    I bet he launched at Bay City too!

    minnesota_tom
    Grand Meadow, MN
    Posts: 204
    April 2, 2009 at 4:24 pm #765118

    BK, I think that is Big E’s way of hiding out. That or he forgot the cookies again.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    April 2, 2009 at 4:25 pm #765119

    Sadly, larger organizations are held to hiring XX amount of minorities. Those quotas are very closely watched by our government in many organizations.

    We voted in the people that made these laws, only we can vote them out.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 2, 2009 at 4:32 pm #765122

    Quote:

    We voted in the people that made these laws, only we can vote them out.

    You sound like my mother Kooty. “I only have myself to blame.”

    john23
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 2578
    April 2, 2009 at 5:19 pm #765140

    Are you guys kidding me? Most of you might as well be talking about the Irish in the 1800’s. “I can’t believe anyone ever let the Irish off the boats. They’re all a bunch of drunks and they’ll ruin this country.”

    “I bet they are all named Mohammed!” Who the hell cares what their names are?

    “They should hire all local people.” Do you think the employees are commuting from overseas?

    “If you won’t touch pork, you shouldn’t work in a pork processing factory.” No kidding, but they weren’t. The article says they were working for an employment agency.

    “Larger organizations are forced to hire a certain number of minorities.” Point me to a law or rule you’re referring to. The law prohibits discriminatory hiring and employment practices, but that’s much different than a quota. The law at issue is the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC was established as part of the Act as well, in 1965. This stuff has been around for more than 40 years; it’s nothing new.

    A pork processing plant would not have to accommodate a person’s religion if it said they couldn’t touch pork. The law requires a reasonable accommodation, and that’s it.

    I could argue that the afternoon break isn’t a reasonable accommodation, that it unduly burdens Gold’n Plump. But then I might also have to argue that any employee in any business could be forced to work on Sundays or Christmas. Then all an employer has to do to get rid of every practicing Christian is to require employees to work on Sundays and fire everyone who doesn’t. That’s what the law protects against. These are the points you should be arguing against. I argue against many of them, too. I think there are a ton of crap laws that are unnecessary burdens on businesses. But I’m not sure that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is one of them.

    Anyway, I hope this thread gets dusted soon. It’s just plan embarrassing to see some of the stuff you guys wrote.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18605
    April 2, 2009 at 5:37 pm #765155

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    Anyway, I hope this thread gets dusted soon. It’s just plan embarrassing to see some of the stuff you guys wrote.

    And your opinion should be “THE” final word on the matter??

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