It’s been over three weeks since I last blogged. The reason why? Work has been crazy busy and I’ve been too tired after work to do any writing. Sure would be nice if I could work less and have more free time. Which could soon be the case if Bernie Sanders gets his way thanks to his proposal for a 32 hour work week!
The New York Times explains:
“Senator Bernie Sanders this week unveiled legislation to reduce the standard workweek in the United States from 40 hours to 32, without a reduction in pay, saying Americans are working longer hours for less pay despite advances in technology and productivity.
The law, if passed, would pare down the workweek over a four-year period, lowering the threshold at which workers would be eligible to receive overtime pay. The 40-hour workweek has stood as the standard in the United States since it became enshrined in federal law in 1940.
In a hearing on Thursday before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the proposed law, Mr. Sanders, independent of Vermont, said profits from boosts in productivity over the decades had been reaped only by corporate leaders, and not shared with workers.”
Sanders is coming at this from a financial perspective as it relates to the threshold at which overtime can be paid. We’d probably still work just as much under his plan but just get paid more for doing so. But I really think we ought to establish a four day work week regardless of the finances involved. Simply put weekends need to be three days. So that we can have one day to do errands, one day to do something fun, and then one day to relax before going back to the grind.
Either way, I hope this bill passes and we soon have a four day work week so that I can blog more!
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