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Labor Day is a day when people should be "off" (a.k.a day off/no work) - then how come most retail stores and malls are videly open in the United States? Most aren't even half day/reduced hours. This is ridiculous.
Yes, I know they are having "Labor Day or Back to school sale" and many people are shopping, but retail workers deserves a day off as well. We need to bring back blue laws or having statutory holidays where employees must be off by law on certain major holidays except emergency services.
Labor Day is a day when people should be "off" (a.k.a day off/no work) - then how come most retail stores and malls are videly open in the United States? Most aren't even half day/reduced hours. This is ridiculous.
Yes, I know they are having "Labor Day or Back to school sale" and many people are shopping, but retail workers deserves a day off as well. We need to bring back blue laws or having statutory holidays where employees must be off by law on certain major holidays.
Many doctors, nurses, Allied Health personnel, and other essential non-clinical health personnel, firefighters, and police officers worked today as well.
Many people working in retail/consumer industry cannot afford to take an unpaid holiday off; many stores, especially small ones, do not offer paid holidays.
People have bills to pay. Working provides you money to pay your bills. Many people can't afford to take a day off.
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