'Black Thursday' Backlash Could Spurs Strikes, Protests
Workers are fighting back as the annual shopping bonanza encroaches ever more on Thanksgiving—but will bargain-hungry customers subvert their crusade?
Retailers are raring to go this year: Target, Walmart, Toys 'R Us, Kohl's and a host of other stores will be opening early—on Thursday, not Friday. All are hoping that consumers will fight off the food coma in favor of big bargains, but the incursion into Thanksgiving Day has employees seeing red. Minnesota's own Target is subject to a petition started by a Target worker from California, which has garnered over 350,000 signatures so far. There are It's not the first time that Target's Black Friday ambition has brushed up against employee resistance. Last year, Target's midnight opening was the subject of worker protests. In 2012, Target upped the ante by scheduling its annual doorbuster opening at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving evening, when the …
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Joshua
1:29 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A few thoughts... with unemployment still high, I can see the argument that at least employees for Target/WalMart/MegaLowMart should be thankful for having a paycheck. On the flip side, I think it's ridiculous that retailers are expanding their hours like this. I have never shopped on Black Friday and I never will. I prefer to be with my family and start Christmas shopping online (e.g. Cyber … more ›