Before we criticize stores for being open on Thanksgiving, please consider this:
There have always been businesses open on Thanksgiving (some gas stations, grocery stores, corner shops, hospitals, etc).
Also, for some people, the opportunity to work for overtime pay is HUGE.
There have always been businesses open on Thanksgiving (some gas stations, grocery stores, corner shops, hospitals, etc).
Also, for some people, the opportunity to work for overtime pay is HUGE.
We should interrogate a system that puts ppl in the position of choosing between being with family and making necessary money - particularly WalMart where execs are SO wealthy and their employees are often below the poverty line.
But let's not remove agency from the employees.
But let's not remove agency from the employees.
Not all employees want to be with their families, not all employees are sad to be at work on Thanksgiving or Christmas.
As long as we keep that in mind and show respect for the workers while we interrogate the exploitive system, we should be good.
As long as we keep that in mind and show respect for the workers while we interrogate the exploitive system, we should be good.
