Target is the latest company to acknowledge Juneteenth as a holiday. The store will stay open on June 19, but will pay their workers time and a half for the day. Target employees will have the option to take the day off with full pay.
Target chairman and CEO, Brian Cornell said in a statement,
We recognize that the racial trauma the country is experiencing now is not new, but throughout recent weeks there has been a sense that this time is, and has to be, different. Juneteenth takes on additional significance in this moment. Moving now to recognize it on an annual basis—as a day to celebrate, further educate ourselves or connect with our communities—is one more important action Target can take as a company to help the country live up to the ideal of moving forward in a new way.
The company will also be donating $10 million to social justice nd support rebuilding local communities.
PhotoCourtesy:GettyImages