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    Burton to close is U.S. HQ and stores on Election Day

    2020-09-23T16:03:00Z

    Burton Snowboards will be closing its headquarters and stores in the U.S. on Election Day, which falls this year on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The company says it has been providing its American employees with time off, flexible schedules and “the resources they need” to vote in local, state and federal ...

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    Burton receives labor and environmental accreditation

    2020-08-12T20:59:00Z

    The social compliance program at Burton Snowboards has been accredited by the Fair Labor Association (FLA). According to the FLA’s president and chief executive, Sharon Waxman, the American snowboarding and mountaineering company has undergone multiple years of scrutiny and set up suitable systems to detect and remedy unfair labor practices ...

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    Burton donates face visors to educational institutions in Austria

    2020-06-09T16:45:00Z

    Burton Europe has donated 340 face visors to educational institutions in and around Innsbruck, Austria. The face visors were made in Absam, near Innsbruck, by a local manufacturer, MP Solutionz, that revamped its production for face visors during the coronavirus crisis. Burton’s European headquarters have been located in Innsbruck since ...

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    Burton cancels 2021 snowboarding event

    2020-05-28T07:22:00Z

    Burton Snowboards announced that the company had cancelled the 2021 edition of the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, scheduled for March 1-6, 2021 at Vail Mountain Resort in Colorado, due to ongoing uncertainties around the Covid-19 pandemic. Burton’s chief executive, John Lacy, explained that it was a difficult decision as ...