Hertz boots Muslim drivers for praying on company time, corrupt Teamsters Union going to sue
First the good news: Hertz car rental company has thrown out 34 Somali Muslim drivers for violating guidelines by praying on company time:
Hertz rental car company has indefinitely suspended 34 Somali Muslim shuttle drivers at its Seattle-Tacoma International Airport location, claiming the drivers’ conducted their traditional, multiple daily prayers while on the company clock. Observant Muslims pray five times per day.Now the bad news: the Teamsters are going to take up their case and sue:
According to a report in Forbes, Hertz reasoned that the employees violated provisions of a collective bargaining agreement and a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached two years ago, requiring employees to clock-out prior to engaging in personal activities — in this case, reciting prayers.
But that didn’t stop Teamsters Local 117, which represents the workers, from filing an unfair-labor-practices suit with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging Hertz failed to give the union advance notice of the policy change.I recommend helping Hertz in any way you can and to encourage them not to cave. I do think this could be a pinnacle example of why in this day and age, it's not a good idea to hire union workers, depending on which unions we're talking about anyway.
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