Muslims fired in Seattle over prayer breaks could return: Hertz car rental

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/21/us-hertz-muslims-idUSTRE79K65820111021

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE | Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:10pm EDT

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Hertz car rental company said on Friday that 26 Muslim drivers at Seattle's airport sent termination letters in a dispute over prayer breaks could still return to work if they signed an agreement over break rules by the end of the day.

A group of 34 workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport were suspended three weeks ago for failing to clock in and out for the breaks, a move their union called religious discrimination.

The union organized protests at the Seattle airport's Hertz location and said Muslim employees complained of a hostile work environment. Eight workers have since returned to the job after agreeing to clock in and out

Hertz, which says the drivers were suspended not for praying but for failing to clock in and out, as required under a collective bargaining agreement, sent them termination letters on Thursday.

But Richard Broome, a Hertz spokesman, said the workers could still return to the job if they signed and returned the written agreement by the end of Friday.

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[bowens43]

1. I have no sympathy for these guys.

If you cant work the required hours dont take the job.