Posted on 03/14/2024 7:57:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is slated to hold a hearing Thursday morning regarding a standard 32-hour work week.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday introduced a bill to establish a standard four-day workweek in the United States without any reduction in pay.
The bill, over a four-year period, would lower the threshold required for overtime pay from 40 hours to 32 hours. It would require overtime pay at a rate of 1.5 times a worker’s regular salary for work days longer than 8 hours, and it would require overtime pay at double a worker’s regular salary for work days longer than 12 hours.
The committee will hear from United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, among other witnesses.
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Looks like the left want to go European. I think they wan to create jobs for the wetbacks.
Why stop at 32, why not 5 hour work week..one hour a day
I assume that a salary increase is planned to compensate for the gain of the eight hours lost and the increase in prices of all product ranges.
Must be an election year. Gotta buy those votes.
If I were one of those crazy right wing conspiracy theorists I would think robot and AI companies were behind this stuff.
Any time human labor becomes more expensive robot and AI replacements become more financially feasible.
Destroying America one vote at a time!
Libs want to give their minions more time to protest and steal.
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