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Grekodom reports:
Economy Minister, Dimitris Papadimitriou, signed the new law that allows the voluntary operation of shops on Sundays.
The new law 4427/2017 allows for retail stores in central Athens, Thessaloniki, and tourist areas to be open on Sundays for six months of the year during tourist season. The opening of retail stores on Sundays is a prerequisite of Greece's bailout program.
The Federation of Private Sector Employees has called a 24-hour strike to protest the decision while the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) said it will appeal it to the Council of State.
The ministerial decision determines, in great detail, specific areas where the shops can open on Sundays.
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(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday July 26 2017, @02:49PM (3 children)
Sounds like you were at fault for not checking your tank prior to a cookout. Always check ahead of time and keep a spare.
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Wednesday July 26 2017, @07:22PM (2 children)
Now that blame has been properly attributed, we can get back to discussion of the appropriate organization to decide whether a store is open on certain days.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday July 26 2017, @08:42PM (1 child)
My point probably wasn't as clear as I wanted it to be. But the idea is that he went to walmart on a national holiday and bought propane from people who don't want to be there. He supported walmart's greed. If he planned ahead, he would have found that his tank was nearly empty and would not have needed to support said greed. I know it sounds a bit overblown but that's exactly the kind of excuse walmart relies on to keep a store open on a national holiday and fuck over their employees.
"Forgot the paper plates? We got you! Just come to one of our many slave operated warehouses where we use all sorts of underhanded labor practices to ensure you idiots can purchase paper plates on a national holiday"
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Thursday July 27 2017, @04:26PM
There was once a time when overtime pay was 'time-and-a-half' and holidays and Sundays were 'double time.' I'm sure that was never universal, but it was probably a good way to honor holidays and compensate people who are pressured (coerced? forced?) into working on those days or for long hours.
In order to re-implement such a system, there would need to be a broad base of support in the local population and a group with enough negotiating power to make that happen, such as a union or government. If government fills that role, the issue will get handled with sweeping policy that will also affect people who disagree. If it's a union, the affected group is smaller. Ideally, each person would get to name their price for working on a holiday, of course, but there are two sides to any employment agreement.
More broadly, what do we want out of a national holiday? Does it have to be a synchronous day off across the community, or is it good enough to have a day off at the same time as your family or preferred social group? If there's a festival or parade, that would lend weight to the former. If it's a weekly holy day, do non-believers have to participate?
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