Bernie Sanders says 32-hour workweek could benefit workers and companies
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The bill Sanders introduced Wednesday in the Senate would reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours. Employers would be prohibited from reducing their workers' pay and benefits to match their lost hours.
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Bernie Sanders pushes bill to establish a four-day workweek
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Bernie Sanders says 32-hour workweek could benefit workers and companies
Bernie Sanders passionately advocated for a 32-hour workweek as the national standard during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Thursday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will hold a hearing Thursday on a bill he introduced to reduce the standard U.S. workweek to four days without loss of pay.
A movement to reduce the amount of time employees spend at work each week has been building for years. Now the idea has a new proponent: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
His proposal would pare down the workweek over a four-year period. The 40-hour workweek has stood as the standard in the U.S. since it became enshrined in federal law in 1940.
Sen. Bernie Sanders said that technological advances have made it possible for Americans to decrease their time working while being paid the same amount.
The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of time many Am…
The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of time many Am…
The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of
The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off.
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