Federal Employees File Petition For Extra Christmas Holiday

October 2014 – Federal employees have filed a petition via the White House site “We The People” asking for the day after Christmas off. The petition reads:

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Declare an executive order for all executive departments and agencies to be closed 12/26/2014, for a four-day weekend.

Federal Employees have dealt with pay freezes and furloughs over the past few years. Giving federal employees an extra holiday on Dec. 26th, 2014 would be a good gesture to improve morale of the federal workforce. Some bases are forcing their employees to take leave or LWOP because of base shut-downs on this day. This is also consistent with past practice. President Obama provided a full-day Monday Dec. 24, 2012 and a half-day off on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009.

President George W. Bush provided a half-day holiday on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2002, as well as several full days off the day before or after Christmas: Tuesday, December 24, 2001, Thursday, December 26, 2003, Tuesday, December 24, 2007, and Thursday, December 26, 2008. We urge President Obama to issue an executive order.

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