Commission: Cargill violated Muslims’ rights in prayer ban
MINNETONKA, Minn. — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found reasonable cause that agribusiness giant Cargill violated the civil rights of Somali-American Muslim employees by refusing to allow them to pray during their breaks at a meatpacking plant in Colorado. About 150 employees walked off the job at the Cargill’s Fort Morgan plant in