A handful of corporations in the U.S. announced this year that they are making Juneteenth, the day traditionally used to commemorate the end of slavery, a companywide holiday.
"This will be a day for our employees and teammates to educate and connect on the significance of this moment in Black history and we encourage all athletes* to do the same," the company wrote. NFL and more sports organizationsNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a memo to staff that the football league will observe the holiday and its offices will be closed that day.
Several NFL teams including the Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals announced they would also be observing Juneteenth as a permanent company holiday moving forward. — Cleveland Cavaliers June 15, 2020 Fellow NBA team the Atlanta Hawks announced in a statement on the league's website that it was also designating Juneteenth a"permanent paid company holiday for all its employees."
Both Twitter and Square are making #Juneteenth a company holiday in the US, forevermore. A day for celebration, education, and connection.https://t.co/xmR3fWMiRs
They should be thanking the republicans because that is the party who freed them!!!
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Nike, Target, Twitter and more make Juneteenth a paid company holidayThe corporate push to recognize Juneteenth comes as protests over the killing of George Floyd have thrust issues of long-standing systemic racism in the U.S. back into the spotlight. The only legit systematic institutional racism is against whites. Why are health experts so worried about COVID19? coronavirus So glad to see oppressed celebrities like Nick Cannon out there leading the charge! You know, he's had a pretty rough go of things as a black man in American society.
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Nike, Target, Twitter and more make Juneteenth a paid company holidayThe corporate push to recognize Juneteenth comes as protests over the killing of George Floyd have thrust issues of long-standing systemic racism in the U.S. back into the spotlight. The only legit systematic institutional racism is against whites. Why are health experts so worried about COVID19? coronavirus So glad to see oppressed celebrities like Nick Cannon out there leading the charge! You know, he's had a pretty rough go of things as a black man in American society.
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Uber is making Juneteenth and election days around the world company holidaysUber's announcement is the latest effort among tech companies to support and honor the Black community. Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey announced last week that Juneteenth was a company holiday. So does that mean people will not be able to Uber to vote? :-) Propaganda Bot Election Days are just as important, b/c Democracy depends on full educated participation 👍 people need time to study up on candidates & issues on ballot
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