STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - Sanders Wants a 32-Hour Week. Somebody Else Pays for the Other Eight
Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont, and Rep. Mark Takano are back with the same idea they have shopped for years. Their proposed legislation, the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, would rewrite federal overtime law so 32 hours counts as a full week, with no cut in pay. Takano introduced the House bill, H.R. […] The post Sanders Wants a 32-Hour Week. Somebody Else Pays for the Other Eight appeared first on StoneZone .
Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont, and Rep. Mark Takano are back with the same idea they have shopped for years. Their proposed legislation, the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, would rewrite federal overtime law so 32 hours counts as a full week, with no cut in pay. Takano introduced the House bill, H.R. 10323, on Sept. 8. It does not ban a 40-hour week. It makes hours 33 through 40 overtime, then keeps going. This is not their first time at the rodeo with this topic. Takano first dropped a 32-hour bill in 2021 and again in 2023 . Sanders ran a Senate version in 2024 and used a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to sell it. The New York Post covered that last run on March 14, 2024 ,…Open