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A radio announcer said yesterday that the addition of Juneteenth as a paid Federal Holiday makes a total of 48/year. That means that Federal employees get a total of over 9 weeks of paid holidays every year. Can that be correct?

No. It’s not. Currently, federal employees get 10 paid holidays and now 11.

Holidays Work Schedules and Pay

So, does the new holiday today mean no mail delivery today???

If you include sick leave, 13 days, vacation, 26 days (for those with 15 years of service), and holidays, 11, it comes to 50 days off. And, the day after Thanksgiving is often added as a day off, by the President.

The actual holiday was Friday because June 19 is on a weekend. But, the Post Office decided to deliver mail on Friday and Saturday this year. But, in the future, the normal schedule is to not deliver mail on holidays.

i read that too. i don't mind it, another day to celebrate :coolsmiley:

Jealousy perhaps? I for one am tired of paying for it. Juneteeth? Fair we could have a holiday for every race, creed religion and there would be no time to work or do anything.
I with no choice pay every quarter.

No comment.

Actually one----When are we going to declare a Federal holiday in honor of the ancient Egyptian god Osiris? Definitely would be more interesting than this one

I'm good with it. Now another excuse for a big fat juicy red ribeye on the grill.

Every Federal office I ever "worked" in was so overstaffed that all the essential work was done by about 20 percent of the employees. The other 80 percent either did no work or just got in the way. Adding another holiday will have no affect on productivity or cost.

This is getting out of hand.

What about good old RA?

What Is Juneteenth? African American History Blog | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

I thought there was a month about Black History? February.

African American History Month

When are the special holidays for American Indians? Italian Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans?

Various states probably have one or more of these listed above.

For example-- Native American Day - Wikipedia

I for one think it is about time to have a Federal Holiday celebrating Grumpy Old Men! I was going to say, grumpy old people, or grumpy old women too - but, naw, we don't want to do that. Before long women might get all uppity and want to vote too.

Why don’t those that are objecting to the new holiday…….come out and say what you really mean?

Definitely getting out of hand. How about a Federal holiday to honor the 6 million Jews murdered by the German Nazi regime, or a Federal holiday of shame for what was done to the Native Indians by the US government? I could go on but I think you get the message. Juneteenth ?

Couldn't agree more. We already have a totally contrived Federal holiday along these lines, it occurs the third week in January.

January 2021 National Day Holidays - National Day Calendar

They certainly have a lot of days in January for something-- National Beer Can Appreciation Day, for instance. BEER CAN APPRECIATION DAY - January 24 - National Day Calendar

Because it's so obvious, but they're afraid to just be honest about it?

If the female vote were to become too threatening to a specific group, state laws can always be promulgated to make it harder for them to vote.

There is a cost to be paid for paying people not to work. That bill is coming due soon.

Towns are cancelling July 4th celebrations trading for this new holiday is all we need to know. Erasing history part of cultural revolution ending in millions dead and millions enslaved...

Ahhh!, a socialist utopia!!:a040:

Another BS statement and you're stuck with St Patty's Day

I think you have Congressman and Senators in mind, not the workers.

over the target.

Actually, TV land is the socialist utopia, as a quasi-government controls everything, and no one can opt out, plus the builder doesn't have to pay for the full amount of impact they cause. They just make everyone pay for it.

I'm not complaining, just being realistic. If I was upset with this, I'd move.

Randolph, New Jersey removed ALL holiday names from the school year. It will now be called a day off.

Anyone celebrate "Eat Your Vegetables Day" on June 17? NATIONAL EAT YOUR VEGETABLES DAY - June 17, 2021 | National Today

Congress and the Senate work very hard collecting funds to pay for their next campaign.

Too busy to write the laws they are paid to introduce so they let the companies that have bought them do the writing.

I think we have enough national holidays.

More days off mean companies will have to hire more people to do work not done on holidays increasing costs for no good reason.

Were you thinking I am thinking this for racist reasons? Sorry my economics degree tells me why this is not a good idea

Yes of course the objection is that this is about Black citizens and celebrates their end of centuries of slavery. Nothing for for the KKK to celebrate there. And the comment on this thread that THEY already have a holiday for MLK only makes it too clear what the objection really is about.

How about all those Christian holidays? How about if we are not going to favor groups we stop favoring that one? Easter, Xmas, Thanksgiving all religious holidays. If you want to understand how the early Americans understood the separation of church and state, look no further than the US Post office and how it handled the question of Sunday deliveries.

" In 1828, the Kentucky Senator Richard M. Johnson, chairman of the Senate Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and a devout Baptist, declared any federal attempt to give preference to the Christian Sabbath to be unconstitutional. The line between church and state when it came to Sunday mail delivery, he argued, "cannot be too strongly drawn."

I admit I had never heard of Juneteenth until recently. I had never heard of the Tulsa massacre or the similar one here in Central Florida until the last few years. Funny how we didn't learn about so much of the real history of America growing up. Maybe as we learn more about how it really happened we will find things worth celebrating, like Juneteenth that are not all about WASP events.

What towns have cancelled July 4th celebrations in order to celebrate Juneteenth?

(google didn't tell me about any)

Actually, we need to know which towns. Or maybe there aren't any?

To clarify, Easter is not a Federal holiday and Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday.

And her whole post was a crock

How about a holiday from this “thread”.

Actually, the article said 35% for, 25 against, and "at least 40 percent of those surveyed said they weren’t sure whether it should be federally implemented or they were simply [were] unfamiliar with the holiday and its origins."

Let's do some educating. White men became free, after mobs started attacking British owned corporations, and towns, beginning as early as the Boston Tea Party, where mobs of white people attacked several ships, owned by British corporations on taxation issues, and culminated with the The Battle of Yorktown, and then became a free country for white men on 7-4-1776.

Black people were not freed until 2.5 years after the Civil War, in some southern states. Federal troops had to be called to Texas in order to free them, on June 19 1865. The last known lynching of a black man was in 1981, yes, 1981. Juneteenth celebrates their freedom.

What's there to understand?