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| | | | 14/11/2016 | BBC News - Petition says close shops on Boxing Day to spare workers | | | | | Boxing Day petition backed by more than 100,000 retail workers | | | | | BBC News reports that a petition urging shops to stay closed on Boxing Day to give staff a break has been backed by more than 100,000.
Retail workers are "being bled dry" by "greedy employers", supporters wrote on the petition's web page.
Ian Lapworth, a baker from Kettering, started the campaign a month ago, calling for a return to a less commercialised holiday season.
Called "Stop Shops opening on Boxing Day", the petition argues retail staff should get a longer break over the Christmas period. It will be delivered to Prime Minister Theresa May if it reaches 150,000 signatories.
"Whilst not everyone may see Christmas as a religious holiday, it should be respected as such, and retail workers (who work so hard on the run up to the big day) given some decent family time to relax and enjoy the festivities like everyone else," the petition says.
The petition coincides with the launch of Sainsbury's Christmas advert which plays to a similar theme, of harassed workers, struggling to find time to enjoy the simple things over the festive period. In it an overworked father battles the queues in the shops, long hours at his workplace - a toy factory - and rail delays that many commuters will recognise.
It also comes at a time when retailers are reconsidering their Christmas sales strategies. |
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