DENVER – A union official on Friday filed grievances on behalf of Muslim workers who were fired from a meatpacking plant after a dispute about prayer breaks.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 filed the grievances against JBS Swift & Co., after more than 100 workers were fired Wednesday from the company’s Greeley, Colo. plant, spokesman Manny Gonzales reportedly said. He said the grievances were for discrimination and wrongful termination.