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Webcast: Target Employees Protesting over 'Black Thursday'

By: Ron Rasseau and Monica Tassoni
Updated: November 15, 2012
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People who work at Target stores are protesting against the retailer's plans to begin "Black Friday" sales on Thanksgiving evening.

The store in Abilene and the rest of the big retail chain are scheduled to be open at 8 o'clock in the evening next Thursday.

Thanksgiving. Workers and some shoppers say the holiday should be a time for family gatherings and not for shopping.

They say Christmas shopping should wait until the next day.

For more headlines and weather, watch the embedded webcast.

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