Plans to observe the June 19 holiday have moved swiftly across corporate America, with businesses including Nike and Twitter announcing employees would have a paid day off
Amid calls for racial equality, companies including Nike, Target and Spotify are recognizing a holiday commemorating the end of slavery
Companies are observing Juneteenth as a holiday for the first time following nationwide protests calling for racial equality. Employees up and down the corporate ladder explain what they hope the day will achieve. Photo: Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhotoA small but growing number of employers have moved to observe Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., as a company holiday.
Plans to observe the June 19 holiday have moved swiftly across corporate America in the weeks following the killing of George Floyd, with businesses ranging from Nike Inc. and Twitter Inc. to law firm Nixon Peabody LLP and Spotify Technology SA, announcing employees would have a paid day off. Target Corp. is closing its Minneapolis headquarters Friday and offered time-and-a-half...
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Music Companies to Observe Juneteenth HolidayWarner, Sony, Spotify and more music companies are recognizing Juneteenth — a holiday celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S. — as a company holiday.
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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.
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How Juneteenth became a corporate movementMore and more companies are offering employees a paid day off Juneteenth. Will it last?
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Karamu Speaks To Unrest Sparked By George Floyd's KillingThe country's oldest black theater company is staging a streaming Juneteenth special that will connect the historic observance into the current moment. WCPN
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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.
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