Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watdragon!daford From: daford@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Daniel Ford) Newsgroups: ont.general Subject: Re: Sunday shopping Message-ID: <19425@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 20 Dec 89 19:47:31 GMT References: <656@crk56.bnr.ca> Reply-To: daford@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Daniel Ford) Distribution: ont Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 27 In article jmberkley@watnext.waterloo.edu writes: >> On 18 Dec 89 13:50:44 GMT, janick@crk56.bnr.ca (Janick Bergeron 1617964) said: > >JB> How can you justify, in a city like Ottawa or Toronto, where most >JB> of its work-force are white colar workers with similar working >JB> hours and often both men and women working, the forced closing of >JB> stores on Sundays ??? > >Because some of those families that have two people working have one >working retail and one working m-f, 9-5. Sunday is the only day they >can always share. Why is it unjustifiable to guarantee a commonly >shared day off? Many people already are required to work on the day called "sunday". Such as the police, the fire department, jail guards, doctors, nurses, utility employees, air crews, airport employees, televison and radio station employees, bus drivers, newspaper employees, computer operators, cinema employees, actors, taxi drivers, waiters, cooks, hotel maids, subway drivers, weather persons, train crews.... What is so special about retail employees who work at stores not in designated tourist zones? It will never be possible to "guarantee" a common day off, there are too many "critical" jobs. Dan Ford