MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. retail giant Target said an employee who protested an early Black Friday work schedule had been granted days off on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
"We honored that request," Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said, referring to Anthony Hardwick, an employee whose online petition at Change.org calling for the store to honor all 24 hours of the Thanksgiving holiday collected more than 100,000 signatures, ABC News reported.