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Happy new year,

I haven’t seen it yet but if I think it’s saying the benefits of keeping DST all year so people can start Shabbos an hour later and thereby sacrificing davening after netz

I agree 100%

The problem only began in the 19th century when dividing the day into 24 equal hours was introduced. Before that, everyone used local times based on dividing the daylight, and the night, into 12 hours each (as we still do for many purposes). The change was due to the lobbying of the railroad and telegraph companies which some sort of standard time. If the current system is a problem, consider moving closer to the equator since then your difference between summer time and winter time will be much less

The reason this is important is because you work for a big company that requires you to work fixed hours, does not care about your timeline and would not even let you take half a day to work from home. Find a better employer or have your own business and you feel better.

It is actually a halachik question – controlling time is equivalent to avdus. It is reflected in halocha: if you are an employer, you should give employee time before dismissing them, but should allow them to leave any time (except if suffering losses) – if you force him to give you a notice, you are making him an eved. So, choose the job or a business where you can better control your own time to make yourself a free person.

There are jobs that you don’t have to work until 5PM on Fridays during the winter. There are thousands of people working for goyim that are in Shul for mincha erev Shabbos no matter how early shkiya is. If you work for a business that won’t let you out early enough maybe that’s not the place you should be working.

Happy, sorry I did not hap the issue first. You are talking public policy, not a personal gripe.

You are right. Seems that Aguda puts priority on accommodating those who are already machmir on shabbos and are trying to have a comfortable shaharis while making it hard to those who are struggling with the schedule of shabbos and might suffer a lfinancial loss and even those who might not keep shabbos under such stress. My guess is that the second group is larger and issue is more important indeed, although they are less likely to be Aguda members, which explains the organization’s stand that is, unfortunately, pretty consistent.

Happy new year: YOu should notice that YWN takes much longer to post these “coffee house” postings than news postings, perhaps related to the lack of advertising revenue. Wait 24 hours before whining. — Also many if not most employers do not have 9-5 jobs. Federal civil service (largest employer in the country) allows one to work 6:30 am to 3 pm on one extreme, and as late as 9:30 am to 6 pm, with provision for adjusting work schedules as needed (and especially for religious hours as long as doing so does not create a real hardship for the employer). Frum Jews who don’t want problems can always stick to lower paying jobs within the frum community or being self-employed so you can set your own hours.