> "we serve with pride"....only when it's convenient or says so in our
contract...

What does that even mean? Management decides what schedule to run, not unions.
Holiday pay on the 3rd would have actually benefitted more employees than on the
4th.

SWAMP
>
> --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "yomf" <yomf@> wrote:
> >
> > July 3 was a "bank holiday" this year. Most federal employees and almost all
private employees had July 3 off this year.
> >
> > http://www.buyusa.gov/uk/en/us_bank_holidays.html
> >
> >
http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/us-bank-holidays-2009-when-are-banks-closed
> >
> >
> >
> > "Today is July 3, 2009, and as the Fourth of July July 3, 2009: Independence
Day Holiday Info and FAQ holiday falls on a Saturday this year, that makes today
a Federal holiday."
> >
> > From:
http://www.blippitt.com/july-3-2009-independence-day-holiday-info-and-faq
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "orchlib" <orchestralibrary@> wrote:
> > >
> > > With regard to the holiday-ness of July 3, we've covered some of that on
this board, but the federal government, at
http://www.opm.gov/operating_status_Schedules/fedhol/2009.asp said "July 4, 2009
(the legal public holiday for Independence Day), falls on a Saturday. For most
Federal employees, Friday, July 3, will be treated as a holiday for pay and
leave purposes."
> > >
> > > So, July 3 was not a legal public holiday, but most federal employees
treated July 3 as a holiday. It seems the RR couldn't decide which of the two
days - July 3 or July 4 - they were treating as a holiday. It would also seem
that the day with premium pay for holiday work was July 4, so maybe to them,
July 4 was the holiday.
> > >
> > > I know that I had mail delivery on the third but not on the fourth.
> > >
> > > The next time July 4 falls on a Saturday is 2015. Maybe the RR will
remember 2009 (hah!), figure out which trains they're running, and have them
properly crewed.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "phil_yanks" <phil_yanks@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > They also forgot that July 3 was a "holiday" ;-)
> > > >
> > > > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "A. Stetson" <sligodashoe@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to understand what possible lack of oversight could lead
> > > > > them to forget which schedule to operate, and I can't figure it out.
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess everyone should be happy that on Monday they remembered it was
> > > > > a weekday.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > http://mta.info/lirr/News/2009/Montauk.htm
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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