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Sanders Introduces Legislation to Enact a 32-Hour Workweek with No Loss in Pay
« on: March 13, 2024, 10:16:48 pm »
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Sanders Introduces Legislation to Enact a 32-Hour Workweek with No Loss in Pay
    March 13, 2024
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WASHINGTON, March 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) today announced that this Thursday he will introduce legislation to establish a standard 32-hour workweek in America with no loss in pay – an important step toward ensuring that workers share in the massive increase in productivity driven by artificial intelligence, automation, and new technology. Sanders is joined on the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act in the Senate by Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) and in the House of Representatives by Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) who introduced companion legislation.

“Moving to a 32-hour workweek with no loss of pay is not a radical idea,” said Sen. Sanders. “Today, American workers are over 400 percent more productive than they were in the 1940s. And yet, millions of Americans are working longer hours for lower wages than they were decades ago. That has got to change. The financial gains from the major advancements in artificial intelligence, automation, and new technology must benefit the working class, not just corporate CEOs and wealthy stockholders on Wall Street. It is time to reduce the stress level in our country and allow Americans to enjoy a better quality of life. It is time for a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay.”  ...
But that wouldn't make prices go up or anything.  *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: Sanders Introduces Legislation to Enact a 32-Hour Workweek with No Loss in Pay
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2024, 10:50:55 pm »
With an unemployment rate of 3%, where are employers going to find workers to fill the remaining 20% of the work week?

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Re: Sanders Introduces Legislation to Enact a 32-Hour Workweek with No Loss in Pay
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2024, 11:19:26 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on March 13, 2024, 10:50:55 pm
With an unemployment rate of 3%, where are employers going to find workers to fill the remaining 20% of the work week?

Enact this bill, and you will no longer have the problem of low unemployment.
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Re: Sanders Introduces Legislation to Enact a 32-Hour Workweek with No Loss in Pay
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2024, 11:57:40 pm »
When did I ever work a 40 hour work week? In that sort of job, if I could get overtime, I did, but mostly, i worked in an environment where the standard workday was 12 hours, and where every day was a workday. Such is the oil patch for most who work there, and it's why the pay is so good. (No place I ever worked overtime complained about that, either.)
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Re: Sanders Introduces Legislation to Enact a 32-Hour Workweek with No Loss in Pay
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2024, 07:05:17 pm »
A 4-day workweek, then, huh? Does this mean we'll actually get three more days out of Biden per week?
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