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Vol : 46 No.6

ISLAMIC HORIZONS

Muslim Workers Win on Prayer Rights

On Aug. 9, THE STAR TRIBUNE REPORTED THAT THE US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has found reasonable cause that Cargill managers violated the Civil Rights Act by refusing to allow Somali American Muslim workers to pray during their breaks at its meatpacking plant in fort Morgan,Colo.

This determination, reached on aug. 3, could lay the groundwork for a federal discrimination lawsuit should Cargil fail to seek a settlement agreement with the 140 fired workers. Only a small fraction of the thousands of discrimination charges filed with the federal government each year gain the commission’s backing.

No	Prefix		Base Word	Suffix	New Word			Meaning
1			employee	ment	employment			Jabatan
2	-		opportunite	ity	opportunity			Kesempatan
3	-		reason	able	reasonable			Layak/pantas
4	-		determinate	ion	determination			Penentuan
5	-		discriminate	ion	discrimination			Diskriminasi
6	-		settle	ment	settlement			Penyelesaian
7	-		agree	ment	agreement			Persetujuan
8		-	fract	ion		fraction	Pecahan
9		-	govern	ment		government	Pemerintahan