From Wikipedia -

"In general, a sieve separates wanted/desired elements from unwanted material using a tool such as a mesh, net or other filtration or distillation methods..."

Is this how some folks want to get rid of an "UNTRUE" majority ??

Seems to me that a lot of people who either did not bother to read available material on what the Union members at the Tyson plant voted to do or distorted it for their own purposes and prejudices, most likely out of irrational fear, bullied those employees into changing their votes, and maybe even their minds.

Fortunately, this is not a political discussion, right ?? I mean, how American would it be to use intimidation and fear and the power of mass miscommunication and misinformation to interfere in a very local matter that has nothing to do with anyone outside of that very small community ??

From the follow up article, it appears that the Union changed its vote, not that Tyson "saw the light" of whatever.

From the NewsBusters Article - "Tyson made this request on behalf of its Shelbyville plant employees, some of whom had expressed concern about the new contract provisions relative to paid holidays. In an effort to be responsive, Tyson asked the union to reopen the contract to address the holiday issue, and the union agreed to do so. The union membership voted overwhelmingly Thursday to reinstate Labor Day as one of the plant?s paid holidays, while keeping Eid al-Fitr as an additional paid holiday for this year only. This means that in 2008 only, Shelbyville employees will have nine paid holidays.

For the remainder of the five-year contract period, the eight paid holidays will include: New Year?s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and a Personal Holiday, which could either be the employee?s birthday, Eid al-Fitr or another day requested and approved by their supervisor."

If you go back to the original article posted in this thread, the Union membership ultimately voted to make one of the previous eight paid holidays, which was the employee's birthday, a choice between the employee's own birthday and the Eid al-Fitr celebration, or another day approved by the interested supervisor.

Without commenting on the results, it seems to me the process did NOT work, because it was driven by misinformation and miscommunication. How many of you really think that that is and should be the American Way ??