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And plenty aren't... Many companies actually respect that every single company I worked at in the 10 years I've lived in America respected Christmas and New Yea

by igorgue 10y ago

And plenty aren't... Many companies actually respect that every single company I worked at in the 10 years I've lived in America respected Christmas and New Year Day for example. I don't get your point, your situation is not the same as everyone else.

kej 10y ago
His point is that being a federal holiday doesn't mean everyone actually gets the day off, especially among the working class.
igorgue 10y ago
Do you guys know what "increase" means? Seriously...
nommm-nommm 10y ago
There's almost no companies that I know of that give off MLK Jr. Day or Presidents Day off. It's even a joke that only govt workers get those holidays off. Most places are not going to change their time off policy no matter what federal holidays are, if it's important for a company to have election day off they would already give it off, some official stamp of Congress isn't going to change anything outside of public office.
- maxerickson 10y ago
  You could make it a really angry federal holiday by making it a Constitutional amendment. People will still need to work on election day, but the amendment could specify a minimum amount of time be available to participate in the election. (still, early voting makes more sense to me than that)
nommm-nommm 10y ago
I'd actually be surprised if you worked for a private company and got every single federal holiday off. In 2016 they are: Friday, January 1: New Year’s Day Monday, January 18: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, February 15: Washington’s Birthday (aka Presidents Day) Monday, May 30: Memorial Day Monday, July 4: Independence Day (aka Fourth of July) Monday, September 5: Labor Day Monday, October 10: Columbus Day Friday, November 11: Veterans Day Thursday, November 24: Thanksgiving Day Monday, December 26: Christmas Day* Even growing up I had (public) school on Columbus Day. Service workers work on almost all of them. Even the once sacred Thanksgiving isn't a day off for many retail employees anymore. Where I worked year ago they brought in low paid part time workers on holidays to cover for the full timers (who had benefits) who had the day off.

by igorgue 10y ago

kej 10y ago

His point is that being a federal holiday doesn't mean everyone actually gets the day off, especially among the working class.

igorgue 10y ago

Do you guys know what "increase" means? Seriously...

nommm-nommm 10y ago

There's almost no companies that I know of that give off MLK Jr. Day or Presidents Day off. It's even a joke that only govt workers get those holidays off. Most places are not going to change their time off policy no matter what federal holidays are, if it's important for a company to have election day off they would already give it off, some official stamp of Congress isn't going to change anything outside of public office.

maxerickson 10y ago
You could make it a really angry federal holiday by making it a Constitutional amendment. People will still need to work on election day, but the amendment could specify a minimum amount of time be available to participate in the election. (still, early voting makes more sense to me than that)

nommm-nommm 10y ago

I'd actually be surprised if you worked for a private company and got every single federal holiday off. In 2016 they are: Friday, January 1: New Year’s Day Monday, January 18: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, February 15: Washington’s Birthday (aka Presidents Day) Monday, May 30: Memorial Day Monday, July 4: Independence Day (aka Fourth of July) Monday, September 5: Labor Day Monday, October 10: Columbus Day Friday, November 11: Veterans Day Thursday, November 24: Thanksgiving Day Monday, December 26: Christmas Day* Even growing up I had (public) school on Columbus Day. Service workers work on almost all of them. Even the once sacred Thanksgiving isn't a day off for many retail employees anymore. Where I worked year ago they brought in low paid part time workers on holidays to cover for the full timers (who had benefits) who had the day off.