News - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
2007-01-16 06:00:15
By Sue Stock, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jan. 16--Hundreds of Smithfield Packing employees skipped work Monday to protest the company's refusal to give them the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday as a paid day off.
2007-01-15 18:01:23
By Amber Veverka, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Jan. 15--One third of U.S. employers observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to a national survey, up slightly from last year. In the Charlotte area, the percentage is lower, but it, too, is up from a year ago. Thirty-one percent of U.S.