Thanksgiving Friday---a work day?

[Rod K.]

For the purpose of calculating Corvette birthdays does any one remember or know whether the Friday following Thanksgiving was a work day for St Louis in 1956? Do the birthday calculators allow for this one way or the other? Thanks for any insights.

[John H.]

Re: Thanksgiving Friday---a work day?

For the purpose of calculating Corvette birthdays does any one remember or know whether the Friday following Thanksgiving was a work day for St Louis in 1956? Do the birthday calculators allow for this one way or the other? Thanks for any insights.

Rod -

The day after Thanksgiving was a work day in 1956 - have no idea how the calculators handle it.

[Patrick T.]

Re: Thanksgiving Friday---a work day?

Rod -

The day after Thanksgiving was a work day in 1956 - have no idea how the calculators handle it.

Yeah but how many assembly worker's actually showed up on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving? I bet a lot of them just took the day off without pay. IF that was the case, didn't you need a minimum amount of workers to run the assembly line? Just guessing here. PT

[Henry S.]

Re: Thanksgiving Friday---a work day?

Yeah but how many assembly worker's actually showed up on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving? I bet a lot of them just took the day off without pay. IF that was the case, didn't you need a minimum amount of workers to run the assembly line? Just guessing here. PT

Patrick, I think a good many factories/work places required you to work the day before and after the holiday to get paid for the holiday. So they would be risking losing 2 days pay if they didn't work that Friday. I know that was the case at Firestone plants. Don't know if it is still the rule, but that was one way to try and guarantee you didn't have a skeleton work force. Shooter

[Patrick T.]

Re: Thanksgiving Friday---a work day?

Patrick, I think a good many factories/work places required you to work the day before and after the holiday to get paid for the holiday. So they would be risking losing 2 days pay if they didn't work that Friday. I know that was the case at Firestone plants. Don't know if it is still the rule, but that was one way to try and guarantee you didn't have a skeleton work force. Shooter

Oh, well in that case, my butt would be working!

[Rod K.]

Re: Thanksgiving Friday---a work day?

Rod -

The day after Thanksgiving was a work day in 1956 - have no idea how the calculators handle it.

Thanks, John. That's what I thought but wasn't sure.

[William C.]

Re: Thanksgiving Friday---a work day?

"Qualifying Days" is what we called the one before and the one after the holiday. No Show=No Pay for the Holiday.