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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

OK, start with Christmas Day. I'll wait.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

lol if he actually tried this, the speed in which big companies would lobby the fuck out of it would be insane.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Oh yes, all eleven federal holidays will turn into 365 real soon.

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Technically, there is no law requiring a company to provide PTO or close on Holidays. Its up to the company, not this stupid bastard.

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[–] DegenerationIP@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Happens in Germany too right now. People really need to find back to Unions and take more Power over their rights, before they just Cut it off

[–] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Happening all over the globe. The capitalist hegemony is getting scared because their system is collapsing in on itself and, through the imperial boomerang, are beginning to employ practices only performed abroad on the interior in order to maintain their power. The US is just far ahead of the curve due to its lack of a functioning political leftwing keeping things in check.

Now is most certainly the time for people to unionize and start relearning why unions formed in the first place: so workers can band together to exert their political will and take ownership over their workplace from a parasitic class that has only ever existed to exploit our labor.

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[–] EighteenthNerd@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Biggest problem with non-working "holidays" is that they only apply to certain more privileged people who also get paid to not work. Everyone else either sits at home unpaid for the day, or has to work (most often without any additional compensation) to support those who do get the paid day off.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Thinly veiled attempt to get rid of juneteenth. So just the usual rightwing racism.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Soon we'll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year

Damn! Not that the whole bleat isn't awful, but that's one of the stupidest sentences ever in ALL of the ways! 🀦

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[–] polyamorypagan69@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (10 children)
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Doesn't tourism help the economy? You gotta give people time off to be the consumers you want them to be.

I know nurses and other government employees who wouldn't want less mandatory holidays off, you're either off or get holiday pay to work on a Monday!

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

$BILLIONS

I mentally read this in the same voice I read $VARIABLE.

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 weeks ago

300 million people can't have a single fucking day off every once in a while because it will "cost billions", while less than 10 people are hoarding over a TRILLION in wealth.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Too many non-working presidents and billionaires in your country.

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Hoffa and JFK got whacked for less than this.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Go play golf and change your diaper grandpa, you’re getting crabby.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No one is forcing anyone to be closed on holidays! There's no law or rule or anything!

Banks don't have to close and work absolute shit hours because they handle money!

You wanna make more money stay open on holidays.

I work in appliance repair I get the 4th of July, thanksgiving and Christmas and new years.

It sucks. But we make more money.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My sleep deprived brain trying to process the 4th thanksgiving. Like, I only get one and this guy gets 4. I’m going to go to sleep now, you should also invest in some commas. :)

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago

And here we see this buffoon once again viciously attacking his political enemies...(Flips papers)...

..."Anyone with half a brain who works for a living."

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Remind me how "all these businesses" can be closed if it's really only the federal government actually takes the day off for federal holidays? Like sure some banks do as well, but most companies just stay open

Here in the real US (I.E not has make up fantasy land that he wants his user base to believe in), most companies were business as usual. As most companies only really close for Christmas and maybe Thanksgiving and Easter.

Not to mention that most Federal workers are salary, and their pay includes holidays, if he were to remove the holidays as part of the package, he would need to spend /more/ money on the workers, so it's not like it would be a plus even in his imaginary world. This is ignoring the fact that a good portion of the federal government is also unionized. so this entire plan would fall short before it even hit the water.

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[–] Penny7@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

All righty then Ebeneezer...

[–] AVengefulAxolotl@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

And he seriously said this, what the actual fuck. It seemed so absurd that i had to look up, and yeah its there...

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