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Re: Holiday Observances Phone Rates (was Re: Kennedy)

Seth Breidbart (sethb@panix.com)
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:36:39 UTC

In article <telecom24.538.16@telecom-digest.org>,
<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:

> Some years ago they passed a Monday holiday law, switching the date of
> a number of national holidays so they would always be on a Monday,
> creating a three day weekend. That includes Martin Luther King Day,
> Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, and Columbus Day.

The Monday Holiday Law predates Martin Luther King Day.

> Roughly speaking, workers have seen a gradual cutback in the number of
> holidays they get a day off from work. There were always the big
> 5--NY, Memorial, Independence, Labor, Thanksgiving, and Christmas,
1 2 3 4 5 6
> that everyone got off (except critical personnel).

For a large value of 5.

Seth

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