On 2014-03-02 7:23 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 16:09:23 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 3/2/2014 10:46 AM, sf wrote:
>>
>>> So basically, you're saying that grown ups are incapable of making
>>> grown up decisions and need stores closed in order to do that. Fine.
>>> Let's give all the police, fire fighters, snow plow drivers, airport,
>>> hospital and hotel workers etc, etc Sunday off too. It's only fair.
>>>
>>>
>> Unions fought long and hard for better working conditions. The six day
>> and finally the five day work week was a big part of what they did so
>> we'd nearly all have the common days off.
>
> You clearly don't know anything about the union movement. Unions were
> not fighting for common days off, they fought to limit workdays to 8
> and a 40 hour maximum work week.

Yes, so that their membership could have the weekend off. Blue laws
kept things closed on Sunday.
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