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October 11, 2004

"National" Holidays

I had to take today off as a vacation day - the company I work for, just like thousands of companies around the country, does not give us days off on all national holidays.

I don't get off on Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, or Martin Luther King Day.

I can understand why public utilities, phone companies and hospitals don't give people these days off - but most companies make us work because they can.

I am a Capitalist, please don't mistake me, but we work more hours in this country, quite willingly, than the people of any other country on earth. We have less vacation, too So why must so many corporations be so damned cheap and stingy as to ignore national holidays?

Damned stockholders.

Posted by Beth at October 11, 2004 11:06 AM