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OMAHA — Five hundred Muslim workers walked off the job Monday at a meatpacking plant after they say they were denied time to pray during the observance of Ramadan.
A group of women at Grand Island’s JBS Swift & Co. plant said they were kicked by a supervisor when they attempted to pray.Hawo Mohammed said she tried to pray in the bathroom until a male supervisor came in and told her she was taking too long.
More than 100 workers at a Greeley plant were fired last week because the company said they walked away from work before their shifts ended. The Associated Press
