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dogmom603 t1_j5chtc3 wrote

Reply to comment by Mermaid_La_Reine in Why did Sunday pay go away? by A_Man_Who_Writes

I don’t think the time and a half pay was to get people to work. When retail “fought” for the right to open on Sundays (it used to be forbidden), the time and a half was what they had to agree to. It was all part of the MA BLUE LAWS.

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Mermaid_La_Reine t1_j5cm4zl wrote

‘Blue’ is a term of impropriety. ‘Blue’ language is vulgar. Anything ‘blue’ was not to open on a Sunday. Drinking, gambling, and such. Even after supermarkets would (reluctantly) open on Sundays, Liquor/alcohol stores still remained closed. Repealing the Blue Laws means all the sinful stores are now freely open on Sunday.

“Blue Laws” were created for religious reasons specifically to promote the observance of the Christian day of worship.” -wiki

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