disneychrista
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- Dec 26, 2002
Until a few years ago I had never heard of Juneteenth nor the significance of it. I think it is about time that this important date is finally being recognized.
No paid MLK, Prez, Columbus, or Vets Day in my company.
They get a paid day off if it passes?Wow the vote in the Senate unanimous. When was the last time you heard that?
I think anyone who has an ancestor who fought for the Union army will be happy about this.Until a few years ago I had never heard of Juneteenth nor the significance of it. I think it is about time that this important date is finally being recognized.
If you are a federal employee you get federal holidays off paid.They get a paid day off if it passes?
In this climate, of course it passes unanimously. I don't have a dog in the fight. Another holiday, great. I'm sure most companies will just take one day away or offer a floating day. When MLK day was added in WA State, they took away a day of Christmas. Marketers will love a June holiday, it's a dead period.They get a paid day off if it passes?
In this climate, of course it passes unanimously. I don't have a dog in the fight. Another holiday, great. I'm sure most companies will just take one day away or offer a floating day. When MLK day was added in WA State, they took away a day of Christmas. Marketers will love a June holiday, it's a dead period.
Anything on the horizon for August?
Anything on the horizon for August?
It’s called Election Day.Woman's Suffrage, I'd say that deserves a Federal Holiday status
It’s called Election Day.
I didn’t mean it like that. I just think it should be celebrated within Election Day itself.And it only took about 140 years after the first one that women were allowed to participate.
I'll gladly take a holiday that commemorates that even if grumpy old men don't think it matters.
There has been a push to make election day a holiday. Why not make it "suffrage rights" or something and just celebrate the whole process.I didn’t mean it like that. I just think it should be celebrated within Election Day itself.
Now that would be great! Hopefully some day.There has been a push to make election day a holiday.
That’s what I was trying to imply.There has been a push to make election day a holiday. Why not make it "suffrage rights" or something and just celebrate the whole process.
I just wish it would be popularized as something other than "Juneteenth."
Will it be an additional paid day off? Not likely. In our state when Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was made a federal holiday, we lost Good Friday, making it a trade off in terms of total days off.I'm all for a paid day off
In this climate, of course it passes unanimously. I don't have a dog in the fight. Another holiday, great. I'm sure most companies will just take one day away or offer a floating day. When MLK day was added in WA State, they took away a day of Christmas. Marketers will love a June holiday, it's a dead period.
Anything on the horizon for August?
yes. It sounds like a cutesy mashup and not like something to be taken seriously. Much prefer simply June 19th or Freedom Day.