Because the idea of this protest is to also not spend money that day, on anything. A business day is a day with business. Make it a shitty business day.
It’s a day when everyone needs to show up to work to keep the machine running. Make it a shitty work day for the owners by not showing up.
Why do these things on the weekdays and not on the weekends?
Your city hall/capital building is empty on the weekend
Won’t it be empty on Presidents Day, a fed holiday?
This one yes I suppose, I guess its more symbolic. But I do see this comment on every protest so thought I’d clarify
Because the idea of this protest is to also not spend money that day, on anything. A business day is a day with business. Make it a shitty business day.
It’s a day when everyone needs to show up to work to keep the machine running. Make it a shitty work day for the owners by not showing up.
Labor strike on weekdays
Consumer purchasing strike on weekends