For most, Labor Day will mean a day off work, a backyard barbecue, or a final trip with the family down the shore. But for some, Labor day will be business as usual.
TD Bank, Stop & Shop, and ShopRite are just some of the businesses that will open for their regular Monday hours, while countless others will open for just a few hours.
TD Bank describes itself as America's most convenient bank and states that operating under a normal schedule on Labor Day fulfills their promise to customers.
"Unlike most banks that are closed, TD Bank stores will be open normal business hours for all of your banking needs. TD Bank delivers on its promise of having longer hours than any other bank," the release states.
Labor Day is a federal holiday instituted 130 years ago in honor of the working class, according to the Department of Labor website. It was designed to give hard workers, who might not otherwise have time off, a day of their own.
What do you think? Should businesses close on Labor Day? Or is the convenience of them opening for the day just too, well, convenient? Tell us in the comments below.
Whether a bank teller is getting a day off to go to the beach seems trivial in comparison to the undercutting of labor itself. Truth be told, there's hardly anything to celebrate this Labor Day.
Everyone worries about the workers who feel that any holiday is a right and so on. Its almost a crime to work on a holiday. Some of the policemen, firemen, first aid squads, bus drivers, etc are workers who RARELY or NEVER see a holiday off. Yet when it is contract time, those that enjoy a 'normal' life where they can spend summers at the shore and holidays off treat them like criminals for daring to desire making a living wage. These men and women work when the rest of the working class don't. Everyone wants the 'public worker' to share the pain of the bad economy, then maybe the other workers should have to share the pain of having to work holidays.
I notice more and more stores open lately on such holidays as Veteran's Day, Memorial Day and Thanksgiving. Like you say, its just a matter of time. It will happen.
I work a private sector job in textile manufacturing and importing. I work Memorial day and Labor day every year and every year it irks me more and more. My bosses are not American and have made it clear that American customs and traditions are not an interest of theirs. Funny that America is the land in which their bread is buttered. There is no sanctity in anything when it involves money.