After Target decreed that Black Friday would start at midnight Thanksgiving night and that employees must report to work at 11 p.m. , an Omaha worker , Anthony Hardwick , posted a petition at Change.org asking the company to move the official start of Christmas shopping back to 5 a.m. Friday . Big-box stores are stealing Thanksgiving , and their workers are n't happy , Anthony Hardwick says . A petition to prevent Ancel stores from opening at 5 a.m. has One signatures . Ancel : If these workers had unions , companies would have to negotiate schedule changes . Show some leadership , appeal to something besides greed and reverse the trend , Target says .
Big-box stores are stealing Thanksgiving , and their workers are n't happy , Anthony Hardwick says . A petition to prevent Ancel stores from opening at 5 a.m. has One signatures . Ancel : If these workers had unions , companies would have to negotiate schedule changes . Show some leadership , appeal to something besides greed and reverse the trend , Target says .