Celestica Fires, Suspends More Minnesota Muslims; CAIR Seeks Intervention of State Attorney General

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: November 11, 2005 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group said today that Canada-based electronics manufacturer Celestica Inc. has allegedly fired or suspended 16 more Muslim workers at its Minnesota facility over issues related to workplace religious accommodation.

Muslim workers at Celestica's Arden Hill plant tell the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that nine employees and contract workers have been suspended and seven others have been fired in a dispute over shifting a lunch-break during the recently-concluded Islamic fast of ...

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