American Workers Can't Be Denied Sabbath...

 because their employer wants to force them to work Sundays to help prepare package deliveries for Amazon.

Why is that so upsetting to some?  Can't people just wait an extra day for delivery? If observant Christians refuse to work, surely others will?  Pay them more, perhaps?*  Or tone down your delivery expectations?

"The Latest Crusade to Place Religion Over the Rest of Civil Society"

Poor Linda Greenhouse in today's NYT is just dumbfounded that our current Court is going to respect religious accommodations for Christian workers who refuse to work on Sunday at the U.S. Post Office because they are religiously observant and it is a day for rest, family and fellowship as deemed by a higher power than Amazon and consumer "needs"...

Boy, is she in the minority on this one, I suspect.  Not everybody worships consumerism over God, Linda.  You can't force that in this country either.  Just order a day or two in advance, and plan for realistic package delivery time, understanding logistics and that in America, workers are people with rights too.

And many Christian workers want to practice their religious beliefs and keep their jobs too.  How dare they? "Don't they know who they are?!?"  (They simply worship the Lord, not their employer's beliefs that Amazon customers must be accommodated at all costs...)

According to his attorneys, Groff v. DeJoy could have significant implications for the religious rights of employees across the country.

Groff began working for the United States Postal Service (USPS) in 2012 but did not experience problems until 2013, when USPS started requiring him to work Sunday shifts as part of the service’s contract with Amazon.

Because he believes that working on Sundays would violate the Third Commandment’s obligation to “keep holy the sabbath,” Groff requested a religious accommodation to not be scheduled for work on Sundays...

[H]is request was granted, allowing him to work extra shifts during the week instead of on Sunday.  But in 2016 the postal service rescinded its agreement with Groff and began scheduling him to work Sundays again.

Groff was made to look for replacements for every Sunday shift, resulting in his missing several shifts.

Rather than waiting to be fired, Groff resigned from his position with the postal service in 2019 and sued, saying his right to practice his religion had been violated.

The Third U.S. District Circuit Court ruled against Groff in May 2022, siding with the postal service’s claim that Groff’s religious accommodation request placed an “undue hardship” on the employer.

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* The argument is, "If we give this man Sundays off so he can continue his faith traditions (here: evangelical Protestant) and follow the commandment to Respect the Sabbath and gather in fellowship and communion with others on Sunday, then... workplace morale will fall!  NObody will want to come in and cover these "emergency" shifts!  We cannot accommodate his practices!  Work must come before God!  If you don't like it... find another job, man!  We must all work Sundays here!"

Lol. The Church of Consumerism where dollars are determinant and we all worship convenience at the expense of respecting worker's religious freedoms and those who follow God's Law are coming to an end.

 It's EndTimes! in the world according to Greenhouse...  Commerce and civil society will crumble if Americans are permitted to worship freely!!  Doh.

(*I thought she retired. Maybe a new take, from a Christian, could be considered in 2023?  The Court assembled is more representative of America's take than the folks publishing the NYT, I suspect... Give the guy the day off and let the chips fall where they may... It's like when retail workers are scheduled to work Christmas.  And told by the bosses they MUST.  You know what happens?  The people who do agree to come in simply carry the load for others, because people just ... call off "sick".  Maybe, retail stores just need to close if they can't find enough workers? Not so many "Black Friday" sales starting on Thanksgiving this year, I noticed...)  #WorkersArePeopleWithRights why is that so hard for some?

Wait a few extra days, Amazon consumers.  Come back when the store is open, shoppers. In America, workers have religious rights too.