Paid Post-Thanksgiving Holiday Coming Soon?
The federal employees have made it a habit to demand (or request) for a day off after Christmas and most of the times (As seen in the past few years) the government haven’t waived off their request and granted them their wish. However this time round, the habit has gained a little strength and the feds are feeling greedy about this matter as they have sent a holiday request to Obama asking to grant them a leave after Thanksgiving this time round too. This was made evident by the petition that was signed on “We the people” website for a paid Nov 27 holiday.
The petition can be paraphrased to say that the federal employees and officers have had little to no real benefits from the government when it comes to the increase in cost of living and beneficiary programs and this has caused the vigor with which the officers used to work to go down. A paid day off would not go unappreciated and this will mean that federal employees are also cared for and they too deserve a day to spend with their families every once in a while.
The petition is slowly gaining momentum but it still is far off from the benchmark value signatures that are needed for the White house to even start considering it. A minimum of a 100 thousand signatures are required and there are not many days left to reach that value.
Similar requests have been granted in the past and there have been incidents where President Obama has deemed it wise to not give “Aye” to such petitions. Here’s hoping that if it’s what they deserve then the federal employees should get it. A prosperous federal government needs happy and devoted employees and this could go a long way in trying to give them the happiness they might be looking for.
