Sources: Cambio 21 and Chile public holidays. Despite last summer's prolonged debate (see our post of August 15, 2007) aimed at settling the issue of Días Sandwich (normal working days that fall between a public holiday and the week-end) the May 1st, 2008, public holiday and its May 2nd día sandwich has arrived without any clear-cut decision by the government.The situation, as it is now reported by our contacts in Chile, is as follows: most schools have already factored-in this día sandwich into their school term schedule, and will thus be off on May 2nd. As usual in such cases, regardless of the official status of the day for civil servants, one would think that dealings with the government will be neigh impossible on May 2nd. As for the private sector, it seems that a sizable proportion have given Friday, May 2nd, 2008, as a day off to their employees.
Transportation entities, such as the Transantiago (the capital's bus system), and airlines such as Sky airlines, seem to work under the assumption that May 2nd will be a de facto public holiday, the former by shifting to a weekend schedule, and the latter by offering special 4-day trip promotions.
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