Arguments Against Sunday Shopping
Arguments in favor of regulation of shop opening hours usually emanate from trade unions and industry federations, as well as socialist and christian democratic parties. They include:
- protection of workers, vulnerable because of economic conditions and lack of job security, from the need to work also on a day which should be devoted to cultural or familial activities.
- protection of small and medium retailers, that would face higher competition from larger shops which can incur the added costs of doubling the wages of their workers for Sunday work.
Sabbatarian Christians who observe Saturday as the Sabbath oppose such laws.
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