UTA, Endeavor To Observe Juneteenth, The Anniversary Of End Of Slavery In America, As Annual Holiday – Update
Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmUPDATED with more companies: UTA said Friday that it will annually recognize and make a paid holiday of Juneteenth, commemorating the June 19, 1865 date when slavery ended in the U.S. The date will be considered a paid holiday for all agency staff, and I expect more Hollywood agencies and studios will follow suit.Endeavor also said today it will make Juneteenth an official holiday for its U.S.