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Federal holiday pressures
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Posted By: NorthernDog, 6/18/2021 6:47:57 PM

NEW YORK -- The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country. Hundreds of top companies had already pledged last year to observe Juneteenth in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and the national reckoning on racism that followed. But most private companies take their cues from the federal government — the country's largest employer — in drawing up their holiday calendars. President Joe Biden signed legislation

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Reply 1 - Posted by: SALady 6/18/2021 6:57:09 PM (No. 819964)
After the federal government forced these companies to shut down or greatly decrease their business for months -- driving many out of business and massively hurting the rest -- now they want to pressure these same businesses (the lucky ones who survived) to close down for another day but still pay their employees!!! Not a bat's chance in Hades!!!!! I live in Texas where this has been a state holiday since 1980. Since it happened in Galveston, I never had a problem with that. The strong majority of people just ignored it, while blacks would have BBQ's and small parades in the black part of town. Of course, the last few years, it has become an excuse for rioting and violence and destruction in those same black parts of so many towns. Welcome to that nightmare on a national level now!!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Namma 6/18/2021 7:09:59 PM (No. 819970)
Just another scam by the Dems. Texas was democrat at the time. The Dems did not free the slaves, even tho the emancipation proclamation had been declared. So this big 19th day celebration is all about the democrats finally obeying the federal law!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Fasteddie 6/18/2021 7:37:22 PM (No. 819996)
I don't understand how Juneteenth can possibly become a federal holiday. Juneteenth was the historical date that the Emancipation Proclamation became effective in Texas. The Emancipation Proclamation, of course, was issued by Abraham Lincoln. And we have all learned in the past year that Lincoln was a RACIST!!!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: subal 6/18/2021 8:09:35 PM (No. 820021)
Yea! So now the tax payers are paying for the government employees to take another race specific holiday off!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: planetgeo 6/18/2021 8:27:13 PM (No. 820030)
Pretty amazing how many benefits some people can get through Burning-Looting-Murder...
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Reply 6 - Posted by: RuckusTom 6/18/2021 8:56:50 PM (No. 820054)
To everyone who thinks the Emancipation Proclamation "freed the slaves". It only freed the slaves in rebelling states. Northern slave states, e.g. Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri, were not subject to it. Who says Lincoln wasn't a shrewd politician?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: padiva 6/18/2021 9:34:04 PM (No. 820088)
In recognition of Juneteenth, what efforts are being made to free enslaved people today?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: anniebc 6/18/2021 9:41:29 PM (No. 820096)
A stupid person on my job actually thought we automatically had the day off because the gods passed a holiday edict. I can't stand a slave mentality.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Strike3 6/18/2021 9:45:27 PM (No. 820100)
Don't bother, your national reckoning on racism failed. More racists were created in the last year than in any year in American history. Juneteemph is nothing more than Saturday to me so why should Friday be a day off?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: bighambone 6/19/2021 12:19:29 AM (No. 820196)
Before the next election the leftist and socialist Democrats will no doubt be pandering to Black folks 24/7 telling Black folks that they have made Juneteenth the most special federal holiday for the USA, completely surpassing the Christmas and Thanksgiving Day federal holidays..
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