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11-03-05, 08:18 AM
Dell fires 30 workers for … praying (http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/?p=401)
Not often that I repost CAIR press releases, but since this covers both Muslim community issues and tech issues, I thought this would interest any Muslim interested in buying Dell’s overpriced, overrated computers with that flaky operating system. All e-mail addresses have been spam-proofed.
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
CAIR ACTION ALERT #449
DELL FIRES 30 MUSLIMS OVER MAGHRIB PRAYER
Contact Dell to urge rehiring of workers, mediation
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/10/05) - CAIR today called on Dell Computers to rehire 30 Muslims workers allegedly fired from a plant in Tennessee for seeking to perform Islamic prayers in the workplace, and offered to help the company and its employees reach a mutually-agreeable solution to the dispute.
CAIR said the workers were fired from a Dell facility in Nashville, Tenn., after they sought to perform the Maghrib prayer each day after sunset. (Because the Maghrib prayer is tied to a particular time of day, it requires greater flexibility and creativity on the part of employers and workers.)
SEE: 30 MUSLIM WORKERS FIRED FOR PRAYING ON JOB AT DELL
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/05/03/66733769.shtml
“Given sufficient goodwill on the part of all those involved, both the employees’ legal right to reasonable religious accommodation and the employer’s right to maintain smooth operations in the workplace can be maintained,” said CAIR Legal Director Arsalan Iftikhar.
In a letter sent today to Dell President and CEO Kevin B. Rollins, Iftikhar asked that the Muslim workers be rehired pending resolution of the issues involved. He said CAIR staffers who have experience dealing with workplace religious accommodation are available to act as mediators between the Muslim workers and Dell.
CAIR publishes a booklet, called “An Employer’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices,” designed to prevent just such incidents. The booklet is available by e-mailing pubs [at] cair-net.org. (Include name, address and phone number when requesting the booklet.) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires an employer to accommodate religious practices unless it causes an “undue hardship.”
ACTIONS REQUESTED: (As always, be POLITE.)
Contact Dell to request that they re-hire the Muslim workers pending a mutually-agreeable resolution of the dispute.
CONTACT:
Mr. Kevin B. Rollins
President and CEO
Dell Computers
One Dell Way
Round Rock, TX 78682
TEL: 512-338-4400
FAX: 512-283-2299
E-MAIL: Investor_Relations [at] dell.com, tr_reid [at] dell.com, kevin_rollins [at] dell.com
COPY TO: cair@cair-net.org
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Council on American-Islamic Relations
453 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel: 202-488-8787, 202-744-7726
Fax: 202-488-0833
E-mail: cair [at] cair-net.org
URL: http://www.cair-net.org (http://www.cair-net.org/)
Not often that I repost CAIR press releases, but since this covers both Muslim community issues and tech issues, I thought this would interest any Muslim interested in buying Dell’s overpriced, overrated computers with that flaky operating system. All e-mail addresses have been spam-proofed.
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
CAIR ACTION ALERT #449
DELL FIRES 30 MUSLIMS OVER MAGHRIB PRAYER
Contact Dell to urge rehiring of workers, mediation
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/10/05) - CAIR today called on Dell Computers to rehire 30 Muslims workers allegedly fired from a plant in Tennessee for seeking to perform Islamic prayers in the workplace, and offered to help the company and its employees reach a mutually-agreeable solution to the dispute.
CAIR said the workers were fired from a Dell facility in Nashville, Tenn., after they sought to perform the Maghrib prayer each day after sunset. (Because the Maghrib prayer is tied to a particular time of day, it requires greater flexibility and creativity on the part of employers and workers.)
SEE: 30 MUSLIM WORKERS FIRED FOR PRAYING ON JOB AT DELL
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/05/03/66733769.shtml
“Given sufficient goodwill on the part of all those involved, both the employees’ legal right to reasonable religious accommodation and the employer’s right to maintain smooth operations in the workplace can be maintained,” said CAIR Legal Director Arsalan Iftikhar.
In a letter sent today to Dell President and CEO Kevin B. Rollins, Iftikhar asked that the Muslim workers be rehired pending resolution of the issues involved. He said CAIR staffers who have experience dealing with workplace religious accommodation are available to act as mediators between the Muslim workers and Dell.
CAIR publishes a booklet, called “An Employer’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices,” designed to prevent just such incidents. The booklet is available by e-mailing pubs [at] cair-net.org. (Include name, address and phone number when requesting the booklet.) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires an employer to accommodate religious practices unless it causes an “undue hardship.”
ACTIONS REQUESTED: (As always, be POLITE.)
Contact Dell to request that they re-hire the Muslim workers pending a mutually-agreeable resolution of the dispute.
CONTACT:
Mr. Kevin B. Rollins
President and CEO
Dell Computers
One Dell Way
Round Rock, TX 78682
TEL: 512-338-4400
FAX: 512-283-2299
E-MAIL: Investor_Relations [at] dell.com, tr_reid [at] dell.com, kevin_rollins [at] dell.com
COPY TO: cair@cair-net.org
- PLEASE ANNOUNCE, POST AND DISTRIBUTE -
NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a window to the American Muslim community. Subscribers to the list, called CAIR-NET, receive news releases and other materials dealing with American Muslim positions on issues of importance to our society.
To SUBSCRIBE to or UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, go to:
http://cair.biglist.com/cair-net/
To reach the list moderator, send a message to: cair@cair-net.org
—–
CAIR
Council on American-Islamic Relations
453 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel: 202-488-8787, 202-744-7726
Fax: 202-488-0833
E-mail: cair [at] cair-net.org
URL: http://www.cair-net.org (http://www.cair-net.org/)