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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek

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 Americans can work each week before they're owed overtime.

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Shit, people can't afford to live on a 40 hour week now, thanks to Joe Biden.

Imagine the look on all those youngster's faces thinking they're going to get a 3 day weekend every week, but after the company shuffles the schedule around to accommodate the new law while avoiding paying anybody overtime, they end up with Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays off.
When I first started at Safeway, I had split days off, Tuesdays and Saturdays, and it sucked. I couldn't go anywhere overnight and it seemed like I never had time to get anything accomplished.