New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has no more change of defending the constitutionality of NY PML Sec 105 and/or Sec 109 than he does in holding LIPA and its Board of Directors including John C Fabio, former Nassau OTB Executive Vice President John C Fabio accountable for their job supplying Nassau County residents with amp hours.
Teamsters Local 707 President Kevin McCaffey, an elected official in the Village of Lindenhurst, could not care less if Nassau County Bettors can bet when they want to and Nassau OTB workers work when they wish while they still can. We observe a moment of silence for all the Teamster dues payors who once were paid double time for working on ANY SUNDAY for New York City OTB prior to its death in bankruptcy court.
Teamsters Local 707 is frantically adding members because its pension plan is in critical status according to the US Dep't of Labor website. It will soon be taken over the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Working for people who wish to do so. A day off for those who wish not to work. There are people enough for both choices.
Nov. 15, 2012, 10:09 a.m. EST
Target faces ‘Black Thursday’ backlash from shareholders
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By Quentin Fottrell
Though shoppers have been grousing for the past couple of years about
how Black Friday keeps creeping into Thanksgiving Day, it’s shareholders
who are giving Target
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grief over the decision to kick off its sales at 9 p.m on the holiday.
On Wednesday, in a coordinated effort to rally support for waiting until
Black Friday to open their doors, a group of Target customers,
employees and shareholders signed a petition with nearly 212,000
signatures on the site Change.org. The for-profit social change
advocate, which earns money from providing services to nonprofits, says
“dozens of shareholders” have left comments, arguing that the store’s
decision encourages people to work and/or shop on Thanksgiving when they
could be at home with their families. A Target spokeswoman says less
than one-third of employees will work on Thanksgiving and will receive
time-and-a-half their hourly rate, plus additional compensation for the
hours worked between Thursday and Friday morning.
But several small shareholders contend that’s not good enough, according
to Change.org. “I bought stock in Target because I was so impressed by
the respect and concern they showed their employees and the communities
where their stores are located, wrote shareholder Jill Larson, of
Minnesota. “I am disappointed to hear about this decision.”
Fellow shareholder Ben Rabizadeh agrees. “I would gladly accept a
slightly lower growth rate or slightly lower dividends in order to
preserve the Thanksgiving holiday for all Americans,” he says.
Target's 'Black Thursday' upsets some shareholders
Though shoppers have been grousing for the past couple of years about Black Friday keeps creeping into Thanksgiving Day, it's shareholders who are giving Target grief over the decision to kick off its sales at 9 p.m on the holiday. Photo: REUTERS.
But larger investors have also accused Target of being the Grinch that
stole Thanksgiving. Harrington Investments, a Napa, Calif., based
socially responsible investment firm that owns 16,635 shares of Target
stock, sent a letter to Target CEO Gregg W. Steinhafel on Wednesday
asking him to reverse his decision (
see the letter
). “This will inevitably put our employees in a situation where they
must choose between keeping their jobs or spending quality time with
their families,” Harrington writes.
The petition was started by Casey St. Clair, a Target employee of six
years who has asked other employees to write to Steinhafel in protest.
St. Clair worked last year when Target opened at midnight on
Thanksgiving. “By the time I left around 8 a.m., I was absolutely
exhausted,” she says. However, St. Clair says she has “no problem”
working Black Friday. “Thanksgiving, though, is one of the three days us
retail workers get off a year, a day most all of us spend with family
we only get to see on that day.”
Target isn’t the only retailer opening on Thanksgiving. Toys “R” Us, Wal-Mart Stores
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and Sears Holdings Corp.
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will open at 8 p.m. In 2011, Toys “R” Us opened at 9 p.m. on
Thanksgiving, Wal-Mart opened at 10 p.m., and Sears opened at 4 a.m. on
Black Friday. Macy’s
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and Kohl’s
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will open at midnight on Black Friday, just as they did last year.
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> Stop scratching on holidays
Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012
Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.
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