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N.J. Workers Upset At No Extra Day Off

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 18, 2007

TRENTON, N.J. - In the eyes of many New Jersey state workers, the governor is the Grinch who stole the day after Thanksgiving.

New Jersey used to be among at least 24 states that let their workers take the day after Thanksgiving as a paid holiday, not by law but as a proclamation by the governor. This year, however, Gov. Jon S. Corzine halted the decades-old tradition, saying state employees who want Friday off to create a four-day weekend would have to use a vacation or personal day.

Corzine's staff say they have received 5,000 calls and e-mails protesting his action.
Corzine insists he's not out to ruin anyone's day-after holiday plans. The no-nonsense businessman, a former chairman of the investment firm Goldman Sachs, says he wants state offices open on a business day to serve taxpayers.

His office also emphasized that Corzine warned the state's nearly 80,000 workers last year that it would be the last time he gave them a day off after Thanksgiving.

The Associated Press

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