Thousands are signing an online petitions against Black Friday store opening hours that have been pushed into Thanksgiving Day.
The trend for stores to open earlier and earlier to take advantage of Black Friday sales—even to the point of opening in the evening on Thanksgiving Day—has prompted an online petition drive to give Thanksgiving back to employees and their families. Do any Hazelwood residents work in retail and have to work Thanksgiving? Tell us in the comments section. - - - - - Read More: Black Friday Shopping in St. Louis to Start Earlier Than Ever - - - - - The original petition was reportedly created by a Target employee upset that the retail giant is opening on Thanksgiving and requiring employees to work instead of spending time with their families. Target stores, including the two near Hazelwood in Florissant and Bridgeton, will open their doors …
Enterprise Rent-A-Car today announced its formal support for federal legislation to oversee the way car rental companies manage the safety recall process for vehicles in their fleets. Yesterday Patch reported what sparked this situation.
On Thursday, Patch reported about a California mother who initiated an online, social change petition through Change.org against Enterprise Rent-A-Car because company representatives were resisting proposed legislation that would require rental car companies to remove recalled vehicles from their fleets until repaired. The petitioner, Cally Houck, lost her two daughters' lives to an accident stemming from them driving a rented vehicle from Enterprise Rent-A-Car that was allegedly known to be identified for recall. See Thursday's article: Enterprise Rent-A-Car Targeted by Grieving Mother Enterprise Rent-A-Car officials stated on Thursday afternoon they now officially will join the industry in supporting federal legislation that oversees …
A California mother, who battled Enterprise Rent-A-Car after her two daughters died in an accident allegedly caused by a known defective car they were rented, just launched a petition. Have you had any concerns about rental vehicles in this way locally?
Nearly 80,000 consumers quickly joined a grieving mother’s just-launched Change.org campaign requesting Enterprise Rent-A-Car to stop opposing proposed legislation that would prohibit rental car companies from renting cars recalled due to safety risks. However, Enterprise Holdings' representatives said that with almost 50 million vehicle rental transactions every year, customer safety is a top priority. Enterprise Rent-A-Car has an office in the City of Hazelwood at 623 Dunn Rd. A manager in the office said there had not been any inquiries about this matter locally. "We take a lot precaustion when it comes to recalls," she said. "Of course when we are aware of them we make sure no customers rent them and that we get them immediately fixed…
Robert Ritchie
1:23 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
I find that the human element in our society is fading and being replaced by a cold, frenzied search for materials things. Do we really need the frenzy of Black Friday? Last year, during Black Friday, in one store alone, at least twenty people, including some children, were injured in the Black Friday rush. And one woman used a pepper-spray to ward off fellow shoppers! Worse, a 61 year old man … more ›