Bernie Sanders Champions '32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay'
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"Needless to say, changes that benefit the working class of our country are not going to be easily handed over by the corporate elite. They have to be fought for—and won."

As part of his Labor Day message to workers in the United States, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday re-upped his call for the establishment of a 20% cut to the workweek with no loss in pay—an idea he said is “not radical” given the enormous productivity gains over recent decades that have resulted in massive profits for corporations but scraps for employees and the working class.

“It’s time for a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay,” Sanders wrote in a Guardian op-ed as he cited a 480% increase in worker productivity since the 40-hour workweek was first established in 1940.

“It’s time,” he continued, “that working families were able to take advantage of the increased productivity that new technologies provide so that they can enjoy more leisure time, family time, educational and cultural opportunities—and less stress.”

    • Hydroel
      11•1 year ago

      Could you remind me, what was the alternative to Biden again?

      • TinyPizza
        2•1 year ago

        a gun to our collective head or else we wouldn’t have voted for him

      • @[email protected]
        0•1 year ago

        Yeah, this guy goes on like we had a real choice. It was literally Biden or the fascist who will make things even worse. What choice did we have?

        • Hydroel
          1•1 year ago

          I understand the dislike of some of Biden’s choices and policies and also disapprove of some of them, but let’s not pretend these are on the same level as the buffoon’s.

    • @unfreeradical
      1•1 year ago

      Are you rejecting a call to build organized labor across the country because you have a grudge against one man for endorsing another man?

        • @unfreeradical
          1•1 year ago

          The call is to build organized labor across the country, giving workers the power to shape society toward our interests, not to expect the ruling class to offer voluntary concessions that have no benefit to them.

            • @unfreeradical
              1•1 year ago

              Again, I think you are misunderstanding the message.

              The speech is not giving a promise that Bernie Sanders will make gains on behalf of workers.

              Rather, it is giving encouragement to workers to make gains for ourselves, by building our own power against the oligarchs.