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Government, Politics and the Economy
Durable Goods Orders, Excluding Cars and Planes, Unexpectedly Rise
Excluding cars and aircraft, new orders for US durable goods rose unexpectedly in June, a signal that manufacturing may expand in the second half of the year. Bloomberg.com
Management and Operations...
By Charles M Cooper · July 29 2009
small business brief, marketing, small business, economy
Question: When it comes to managing the work schedule of a business, who has the final word?
This is the question that is at the heart of the most recent dust-up at the meat packing giant, JBS Swift & Company. The problems began when around 300 Muslim workers at the company’s Greeley, Colorado plant walked off the job in a dispute over their desire to change their lunch schedule and add more breaks for prayer during the day. Their primary complaint was that the company refused to accommodate their observance of Ramadan by allowing them to take their lunch at sundown. Many of the workers, who walked off the job last Friday (Sept. 5th), were suspended. All were warned that if they failed to return to work when recalled, they would be fired. Between 130 and 150 of the workers lost their jobs.
Assimilation and American Business
One could cite this as yet another example of the need for immigrants and others that we might describe as &ldquo...
By Charles M Cooper · September 12 2008
small business, religion, swift, islam
