Ngokwezilinganiso ze-AAA, inani labantu baseMelika abahamba eholidini kule mpelasonto yoSuku Lwabasebenzi lizothinteka kakhulu lapho uSuku Lwabasebenzi luwela ekhalendeni. Cishe abahambi abayizigidi ezingu-39.1 okulindeleke ukuthi bathathe uhambo lwamamayela angu-50 noma ngaphezulu ukusuka ekhaya, ukwehla ngamaphesenti angu-13.3 kusukela ngo-2008 lapho uhambo loSuku Lwabasebenzi lwaluphakeme kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi. Usuku Lwezabasebenzi lwawela ngoSepthemba 1 ngonyaka odlule luvumela uhambo olude lwangempelasonto ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale unyaka omusha wesikole ezifundeni eziningi zezwe. Nokho, kulo nyaka, uSuku Lwabasebenzi lungoSepthemba 7, lapho unyaka wesikole usuqalile kakade ezinganeni eziningi.
Ngonyaka odlule, abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingu-45.1 bahamba phakathi nenkathi yempelasonto yamaholide oSuku Lwabasebenzi; kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi. Ngaphandle kokwehla okukhulu kulo nyaka okuhlongozwayo kwezivakashi eziyizigidi eziyisi-6, i-AAA ithe ilindele abantu baseMelika abaningi ukuba bahambe kuleli holide kunalokho obekulindelwe ukuthi bahambe ngempelasonto yamaholide kaJulayi 4 yalo nyaka. I-AAA yabikezela ukuthi abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingu-37.1 bazohamba ngeholide loSuku Lokuzimela; ngokuvamile iholide lokuhamba ngemoto elimatasatasa lonyaka. Lena futhi kuzoba yimpelasonto yesithathu enamandla kakhulu ohambeni loSuku Lwabasebenzi kule minyaka eyishumi. Unyaka wesibili omatasa kakhulu kwakungu-2003 lapho abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingu-41.6 bathatha uhambo lwempelasonto yoSuku Lwabasebenzi.
Ngempelasonto edlule yoSuku Lwabasebenzi inani lentengo elijwayelekile lokuziphilisa, uphethiloli ojwayelekile wehle wafinyelela ku-US$3.68 ilitha ngalinye ngemuva kokuqopha umlando wama-US$4.11 ilitha ngalinye ngoJulayi 17, kusho i-AAA. Lokhu kuhlangene nokufika ngaphambi kwesikhathi kweholide kanye nokuvela kwezaphulelo zokuphela kwehlobo ohambweni, kubangele inani elikhulu labahambi ukuthi benze isinqumo ngomzuzu wokugcina sokuthatha uhambo lwamaholide. Kulo nyaka, i-AAA ilindele ukuthi inani lentengo eliphakathi ezweni lonke lokuzisebenzela, uphethiloli ojwayelekile ube cishe idola elilodwa ilitha ngalinye elingabizi kakhulu kunangonyaka odlule; noma cishe ama-US$2.60 ilitha ngalinye. Izaphulelo eziqhubekayo namadili anikezwa abahlinzeki bezokuvakasha nawo azokwenza amaholide oSuku Lwabasebenzi akhange, kusho i-AAA.
"I-AAA ilindele ukuthi le mpelasonto yeholide yoSuku Lwabasebenzi ibe ngeyesithathu ematasa kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi, nakuba isibalo sabahambi sizokwehla kusukela onyakeni owodwa odlule," kusho umongameli we-AAA & CEO, uRobert L. Darbelnet. “Kodwa-ke njengoba usuku lwabasebenzi seluzophela isonto ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka lapho izingane eziningi zizobe sezibuyele esikoleni, ukwehla kungenzeka kuhlobene kakhulu nekhalenda kunomnotho. Isibikezelo sethu sibonisa ukuthi uhambo loSuku Lwabasebenzi luzokhuphuka ngaleli holidi langomhla zizi-4 kuJulayi, futhi lokho kuwuphawu oluhle.”
