Labor laws that mandate premium pay for Sunday work are often presented as fair worker protections. They sound reasonable—paying people more for giving up Sunday, the so-called day of rest. But in reality, their real function is to apply economic pressure on businesses. By making Sunday labor significantly more expensive than other days, the law […]

The National Association of Consumer Cooperatives (ANCC-Coop) is Italy’s central organization responsible for coordinating initiatives, shaping policy, and providing unified direction for millions of members within the supermarket retail sector. On January 6, 2026, Ernesto Dalle Rive, president of ANCC-Coop, publicly called for the closure of supermarkets on Sundays. His argument centered on rising labor […]

 “Yet this very class put forth the claim that the fast-spreading corruption is largely attributable to the desecration of the so-called “Christian Sabbath,” and that the enforcement of Sunday observance would greatly improve the morals of society” (Great Controversy, p. 587).

“The pressure of the Sunday law has come and is coming. It has been ordered that all stores shall be closed on Sunday, and this is being rigidly enforced. The government is trying to have God acknowledged in the constitution. Our people are making just as vigorous a stand as possible that it shall not […]

Religious beliefs are beginning to influence voting policies, and this influence is showing signs of spreading to other areas of public life, particularly attempts to restrict activities on Sundays. On January 14, 2026, the Border Belt Independent newspaper reported that the North Carolina State Board of Elections blocked Sunday voting in Columbus County on religious […]

The Heritage Foundation on January 8, 2026, recently published a policy document titled “Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years,” which is a renewed effort to elevate Sunday as a civilly protected day of rest. Described as a solution to family breakdown and moral decline, the document argues that […]