In a significant push towards labor reform, discussions on Capitol Hill have intensified around the proposal of a 32-hour workweek for most Americans, with "no loss of pay." This initiative, backed by Senator Bernie Sanders and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, aims to address the increasing productivity due to advancements in AI and robotics, ensuring that the benefits are shared among workers rather than being concentrated among billionaires. The proposal, supported by 64% of Americans, has sparked a wide range of reactions, with some viewing it as a radical departure from the traditional workweek, while others see it as a necessary adjustment to modern economic realities. The Senate held a hearing to examine the implications of such a policy, where UAW President Shawn Fain criticized Wall Street 'freeloaders' and highlighted the disparity with CEOs making nearly 350x as much as their employees. The 'Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act' also proposes overtime pay regulations to further protect workers' rights.
Could the U.S. be heading towards a four-day work week? See more. #CGTNAmerica https://t.co/cRpa7vQbVw
Could the U.S. be heading towards a four-day work week? See more. https://t.co/3vvFiYiheW
Would a 32-hour workweek work? https://t.co/qmFQhArCTN
While CEOs are making nearly 350x as much as their employees, workers are missing their kids’ birthday parties and little league games...and many of them, STILL do not have enough money to pay the rent. We need a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay. https://t.co/Q3KRyNrQ34
Americans work longer hours than the people of any other wealthy nation. That is unacceptable. Every worker deserves time to spend on loved ones, leisure, and rest without having to worry about making ends meet. That’s why I’m cosponsoring @SenSanders’s 32-Hour Workweek Act https://t.co/lY15tUbcLo
“The sad reality is Americans now work more than the people of any other wealthy nation.” Sen. Bernie Sanders said. https://t.co/eH8smT2DgK
The 32-Hour Workweek Act by @SenSanders is "so radical" it only has the support of 64% of Americans including 73% of Democrats & 54% of Republicans. What's radical is the standard 40-hour workweek hasn't changed in 84 years while productivity has gone up 400% since the 1940s. https://t.co/WT84bpy5ey
"Today, American workers are over 400% more productive than they were in the 1940s," said Sanders. "And yet, millions of Americans are working longer hours for lower wages than they were decades ago. That has got to change." https://t.co/fqgZPSJCE7
Bernie’s proposal for 32 hour workweek brings to mind a line from a friend in manufacturing: “The American work ethic is alive and well ... in Malaysia.”
Yesterday UAW president Shawn Fain spoke before Congress in support of Bernie Sanders’s new 32-hour workweek bill. Jacobin publishes Fain’s remarks here in full. https://t.co/jew0API3B5
A 2022 study found multiple benefits from businesses with four-day work models. But does it work in every field? | By @PaulHoskinDN https://t.co/Wey7nVXkjM
Technology will continue to add to historic highs in productivity and ALL workers should be able to benefit from that. It's time to pass my 32-Hour Workweek Act. https://t.co/0KZH6WMCBc
Could a four-day workweek have a significant impact on employee productivity? https://t.co/395M8FbJmV
Are you in favor of a 4-day work week? https://t.co/FtYXv2yZCT
"Today, American workers are over 400% 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." https://t.co/CZKVux2wdC
“Many of our people are exhausted,” he continued. “We work the longest hours of any people in the industrialized world. I think it’s time for a shortened workweek.” https://t.co/BQ2YfDU50E
The "Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act" would require time and a half overtime pay for workdays longer than eight hours, and overtime pay at double a worker's pay for those days longer than 12 hours. https://t.co/3eyaY6tngH
Both Senator Bernie Sanders and UAW President Shawn Fain push for workers to reap the rewards of a technology-aided productivity boom. https://t.co/3Xul1AdlE6
Bureaucrats when they find out @SenSanders wants to double the number of hours they have to work every week. https://t.co/p4qeiJZHKx https://t.co/d73l2i5oeY
Would you prefer a 32-hour workweek over a 40-hour workweek? https://t.co/f2HkHxL2Zs
Moving to a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay is not radical. What's radical is that over $50 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% over the past 50 years. It's time that the financial gains from new technology benefit workers, not the 1%. https://t.co/l0sDSHWR7r
Democrats cite AI gains and automation in Senate bill calling for 32-hour workweek https://t.co/ooAd3XEkFm
DEMOCRATS CITE AI GAINS AND AUTOMATION IN SENATE BILL CALLING FOR 32-HOUR WORKWEEK - CNBC
Senators debated the idea of implementing a four-day workweek for American workers during a hearing on Capitol Hill: https://t.co/WX6qKWr5af #fox44tx
“Time, just like every precious resource in our society, is not freely given to the working class," said Shawn Fain, speaking in support of a 4-day workweek. https://t.co/4963iASaxk
The 40-hour workweek began in the auto industry nearly a century ago. Thank you @UAW and @SenSanders for adding momentum in the fight for a 32-hour workweek. Workers do the work and should reap the rewards. https://t.co/B8nLWIsdnP
A.I. and robotics are transforming our economy. Working people should benefit from this increased productivity, not just billionaires. It’s time for a 32-hour workweek. https://t.co/zJLvK8c1J5
🇺🇸32-HOUR WORK WEEK BILL: "WALL STREET FREELOADERS" "Working class people are fed up... Fed up, that in America, 3 families have as much wealth as the bottom 50%. That is criminal! America is better than this! I agree that there is an epidemic of people who don't want to work.… https://t.co/lSP3OPvkhl https://t.co/knRjaCozmB
“Many in this room will say, ‘People just don’t want to work’…I agree…It’s a group of people who are never talked about...The people I’m talking about are the Wall Street freeloaders, the masters of passive income.” — UAW’s Shawn Fain at Senate hearing on 32-hour workweek bill https://t.co/UxkrqLEh9r
🇺🇸32 HOUR WORK WEEK? BERNIE SAYS YES! "28.5% of our workforce now work over 60 hours a week. 40% of employees in America now work 50 hours. Americans now work more hours than any other nation." 204 more hours than Japan 279 UK 470 Germany Source: The Recount, CSPAN https://t.co/3KA4iSUGCv
United Auto Workers union president Shawn Fain called out Wall Street "freeloaders" while testifying before Congress in support of a 32-hour work week without reduced pay. https://t.co/StvCFWNLHq
"Those who profit off the labor of others have all the time in the world, while those who make this country run—the people who build the products and contribute to labor—have less and less time for themselves, for their families and for their lives." https://t.co/TUvrbbYU5l
At today's Senate hearing on the 32-hour workweek a guy from the "HR Policy Association" spoke against the policy. He decides to take the approach of pretending that the bill would prevent people from working less than 32 hours a week. https://t.co/1nh28jSU9j
NTD LIVE: Senate Hearing to Verify the 4 Days a Week Working Watch here: https://t.co/wYsMVNbyMN
As he stumps for the 32-hour work week, @ShawnFainUAW says no one comes to the end of their life and wishes they had worked more or earned more money. “They wish they’d had more time.”
WATCH LIVE: The Senate is expected to hold a hearing regarding a standard 32-hour work week. https://t.co/55NnpX8rk3 https://t.co/4Gdt9rers9
Senate @helpcmtedems @GOPHelp hearing on 32-Hour Work Week– LIVE online here: https://t.co/61upyYDuap
Join me LIVE NOW for a hearing to discuss why we must move to a 32-hour workweek – with no loss in pay. https://t.co/RO842pvqQK
A recent study from the U.K. found that four-day workweeks led to several company improvements, including higher efficiency and lower turnover rates. | By Paul Hoskin https://t.co/Wey7nVXkjM
There’s renewed talk on Capitol Hill of plans to make a shorter workweek the new norm for most Americans. https://t.co/Ke0pmUMflf
Talking as someone who works 60 hours frequently...I AM ALL FOR THIS. That said, those of you that get sick in the other 28 hours...LOL. @SenSanders https://t.co/bSy059ijGt
Thats more than double the current govt work week. Bernie is is a tough boss. https://t.co/gE22UPOSYH
Narrator: moving to a 32-hour workweek with "no loss of pay" is a radical idea https://t.co/CqhHcrEOni