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Article #2924Re: July 4th Boycott of Retail Stores
From: John E. Bredehoft
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <31DB5ED3.2580@hooked.net>, siberian <leroyc@hooked.net> wrote: >Many years ago the workers in the retail industry we no longer able to enjoy >July 4th with their families. Why? Because retail stores felt that they could >make more money if they were open. If we send them a message by not shopping >on July 4th maybe millions of people who work in the retail industry will >again be able to start celebrating the founding of this great country. > >Yes I work in retail(as a store manager). I am working on July 4th so some of >my employees can have a good holiday. A *paid* holiday? I would think that a number of store managers would agree with your sentiments, if only to save on the payroll. This morning I got an oil change, but didn't get a car wash because my favorite car wash was closed. I doubt they offered vacation to their employees, though... -- John E. Bredehoft, <mailto:jbredeho@deltanet.com> Automated Fingerprint Identification System and LiveScan Links: <http://users.deltanet.com/~jbredeho/lnkafi.html>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,53c4869c93574a2c X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 107d03,53c4869c93574a2c X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public From: jbredeho@deltanet.com (John E. Bredehoft) Subject: Re: July 4th Boycott of Retail Stores Date: 1996/07/04 Message-ID: <4rh3f5$dib@news01.deltanet.com> X-Deja-AN: 163717428 references: <31DB5ED3.2580@hooked.net> organization: Deltanet Communications, Inc. reply-to: jbredeho@deltanet.com newsgroups: la.general,ca.general