I'm All for Higher Wages... But NOT to PAY Workers of One Religion for More Paid-Breaks Than Their Co-Workers

Amazon Muslim workers protest that they they don't have enough time to pray

Muslim Amazon workers say they don't have enough time to pray on shifts
Workers in Minneapolis have held a protest to fight for their rights
Practicing Muslims are supposed to pray five times a day

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6505471/Muslim-Amazon-workers-protest-against-internet-giant-claim-dont-time-pray.html

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gol979 · 41-45, M

Surprise that's from the xenophobic daily mail......double whammy for them. Beat up on Muslims and make workers fight against each other

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@gol979 [quote]Surprise that's from the xenophobic daily mail......double whammy for them. Beat up on Muslims and make workers fight against each other[/quote]

http://www.startribune.com/amazon-east-african-workers-at-odds-over-conditions-at-shakopee-center/501050661/

You miss the point.

I'm all for higher wages. And better benefits for ALL workers.

But to favor workers of one particular religion is wrong.

gol979 · 41-45, M

@beckyromero as if that would even happen.....it's a diversion tactic to make us move away from demanding a living wage and focus of different groups getting more pay (which is bollocks, unless you're the dominant culture)
I don't miss the point at all. It makes your anger horizontal rather than vertical

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@gol979

Those workers are the ones complaining about having to use their bathroom breaks to pray.

Amazon treats their workers horribly and pays them bull dung.

That should be the focus of their complaints. Not "prayer breaks."

gol979 · 41-45, M

@beckyromero the focus is only on prayer breaks because that's what the corporate press want you to focus on, rather than the Dickensian working conditions.....and you are.taking up their mantle

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@gol979 [quote]the focus is only on prayer breaks because that's what the corporate press want you to focus on[/quote]

Got news for you.

I can "focus" on more than one thing at once.

gol979 · 41-45, M

@beckyromero bravo