He’s not fighting, he’s gaslighting. Bernie is the fakest of fake revolutionaries. In all his 30+ years in government he has NEVER written a bill that has passed. This one won’t either. Thank God, the ideas from this POS have never passed.
I thought it was our responsibility as citizens to make the next generations life more comfortable not to trash the place and make life harsher just because "it was difficult back in my day". Keep going Bernie I wish more senators were like you!
It's not even too many hrs. My issue is no one works the same schedule. It's so rare for someone to have weekends and holidays off these days. It's so hard to make plans or meet people because everyone works weird hrs..
@@skidlick7842 You're definitely right, but at the same time I've seen countless people in the restaurant industry work 50-70hrs every week because the business is short staffed due to the excess hours and harsh working conditions.
@@adamsands5956 Ok, so how do you think employers are going to react to paying employees the same money for less work? Truthfully, if this passes I am retiring and shutting the doors to my construction company. I am not paying the OVERTIME and the delays in building will be costly. It was a great run and I am sure my 127 employees will love being put out on the street.
Well people like Cassidy have little empathy, their ego tells them they deserve status due to being smart enough to leverage an environment for personal gain. All infamous people share that affliction and most learn the cost of the mentality at some point.
Mr Fain talks about the real problem. Every civilization we know of formed around the idea of making everyone's live easier. A shorter standard work week is a start.
Societies grow great when old men plant trees of which they know they will never sit in the shade. Our purpose on this Earth, whether you're religious or not, is to make things easier for the next group that comes along. Leave it nicer than you found it. Concentrating wealth, leaving people to starve and work their lives away is not leaving it nicer.
Well, help me understand how loss of production will be absorbed? The United States isn't Sweden. We have a population of 360 million including illegals Biden has allowed into the country. So an auto shop works 32 hours? And closes for 3 days? Doctors work 32 hours? There are shortages now, how is this going to work?
Poor people are already working multiple jobs. A 32 hour work week would give them more time for another job. Yes, happiness doesn't last forever. And gaps are easy to fill. A Monday through Thursday job with 8 hour days can also offer Friday through Sunday work with 10 hour days which students would be able to fill more easily because Monday through Thursday would be school work and the weekends would be money work. It feels like the overall argument is, "We don't want change because change is scary." Life moves on. Keep up or get out of our way!
@viktortandofsky6914 Nobody ever said it does. What it does do is make 40 hours the standard because companies don't want to pay overtime if they can possibly avoid it. I'm really not sure why you're commenting this so much.
I had 4 siblings who worked labor jobs all their lives and died before retirement age and never collected social security, I think we all want more time with family. For me, I also worked labor and became disabled at 55 because of my back injuries. 8 blown disc arthritis ect.
This happens way too much! It’s the worker’s n those who serve our country are the ones who make corporations the ability to be successful and politicians make them richer!
As a programmer who is working with AIs I can say that this country needs to focus on giving a living wage to every American now. If the current trend continues where the rich seek to reduce their work force and labor costs as much as they can we will see a massive schism is the US economy, and political structure. The singularity is not a science fiction movie and it is not waiting on those who have the power and wealth to make a soft landing, it is speeding up. We need to have a societal structure that will create a soft landing for our economy and our people as the fourth industrial revolution reaches full speed with AI and robotics. Computers increase at a rate of 2x per 2 years. Every 20 years computers are 1024 times as powerful. AI increases it's training at a rate of 10x per 2 years. In 20 years AI will be 10,000,000,000 times as powerful in it's training models and we will be using it to increase the role out rate of our robotics revolution. The singularity won't take long to reach it's zenith. Let's at least take this time to create a soft landing and then see where we need to go.
i am always amazed by Mr. Sanders' ability to continue his advocaccy for the poor and disenfranchized of this country, even though it so often seems his words fall upon deaf ears
Because of the 34 trillion dollars of debt America has accumulated (over half a result of decisions made by the GOP) I find it hard to believe anything that comes out of the mouth of a Republican.
Sen Braun, there is such an imbalance with upper level managers earning 200-300% of what the lowest levels earn working 40+ hours a week. Profits to owners soars to 2000%+ of lower level staff. Something must be done and soon.
I enjoyed the great debaters conversation on the 32 hours work week here today. Thanks Senator Bernie for the historical review of facts that times has changed and we must also changed our lives towards a better future.
Which day is that? Saturday is the day which had work before, Sunday is the day that has work the next [m-f average schedule]. There is no pure day of liberty in a 5day-40hr week.
We have to understand the gage of human happiness, health and well being. That people can volunteer in their community and spend time with families is vital to society. It is a great deal more important than company profits.
Anything the gov does to help people will make companies take it out on the people. There is no excuse for how people are harmed by under regulated corporations.
We need a government that is for workers; not for corporations and not simply trying to smooth things out for the poor...the middle class shrinks in size and life becomes a bit harder, year by year...if we can make the country better for the middle class, this will automatically help both corporate America and the poor.
Thank you, Senator Chairman Bernie Sanders. I agree with you on A. I. It would take jobs from the middle class and benefit the billionaires and corporations. You have always been an advocate for the middle-class, and I commend you for having this hearing and keeping us well informed. ❤
I work three twelve hour shifts as a registered nurse and would welcome a 32 hour work week. Mr king seems to be unaware that burnout is very high amongst nurses and health care workers overall. So simply attracting more nurses is not the answer because we are not able to retain them. There are many reasons that nurses are leaving the profession and it’s not only because we work nights, weekends, and holidays, but because we are facing higher levels of nurse staffing issues and workplace violence.
The math in your statement ain't no good. Listen to what they was talking bout. Getting paid the amount you gets now but for the lesser amount of hours work. Duh I ain't a Doctor but I sure as hell figure out what they was sayin.😅
Why do I believe in Bernie Sanders, because he's real, because he's compassionate, because his brain is bigger and faster than chompy bumpy. Thanks again Bernie you're a winner
My job recent gave us the option to work 3/ 12 hr shifts. It has made a world of difference in my life and I actually get to see my wife and kids. Sanders makes a good point. These advantages in technology And AI needs to benefit us.
Bernie Sanders has been my President for the last 20 years. His work for the people will be inspiration to all future generations. As a 30 year old millennial with a Masters in Economics and has worked as a Business Analyst for the last 5 years for small and large companies…THIS MAN IS A NATIONAL TREASURE!!!
Some employers schedule employees for 32 hours a week and have them work on all 7 days , so they will not qualify for any benefits, and the shifts are mid day, so it's difficult to work other jobs. For example, grocery stores and restaurants.
Right, make people work more for less than they deserve "that's how America is the wealthiest nation of the world." Not the people but the elites who make money off the workers making pennies.
I was mentally unwell living by a clock, fighting traffic, forcing camaraderie with coworkers I'd never select as friends in real life, and dumb rules 5 days a week. I hated life. It's biologically unnatural to have alarms jolting us from REM (sleep is necessary to repair the body) and living that way. I moved to a 3 day week and I'm actually satisfied now. I get to explore and be with nature. Being with nature is medicine on its own. I'll NEVER do the 5 day week again. I just wish everyone didn't have the same days off (Saturday and Sunday) because exploring with that many people is lame. I'm 100% for 4-day weeks only if companies stagger it. Like half the companies give Fridays off, the rest Mondays. Being around human energy is kinda toxic so... ❤❤❤
Finally, this is getting discussed 👏 it's goof for our health and gives us more time for a second job or for our families. Next we need affordable housing mixed zoning and high speed railing train infrastructure. 👏
Bernie, you are so ahead of your time. People from your generation used to live to work, but newer generations work to live. Sadly, I think that the American mindset is too focused on squeezing as much as possible out of their work processes as they can. In the Netherlands, we already have an average work week of 32 hours, so it is also socially accepted, which might be a little bit different in other countries. In some cases, due to tax benefits, working 40 hours is sometimes more expensive or results in only slightly more net-worth, than working 32 hours. Which in my opinion is amazing. An anecdote from my own life: I'm a Dutch entrepreneur who has been working 32 hours per week for 5 years now and I can say that it has made my life so much better. I have less stress and more time for my family. I feel more productive too, as I work 4 days per week and can take a break midweek, making it feel like I have two small work weeks instead of one long one.
Corporate America has more money that it knows what to do with, AND moving to a 32-hour work week has proven to be beneficial enough for both businesses and employees that when tested, businesses have decided to stick to the model even after the program ended. Just because it's the way you've always done it doesn't mean it's the way it should always be done (nor the way it was always done, nor the best way to do it.) Morale in the United States would go up EXPONENTIALLY if we moved to a 32 hour, no loss in pay, I assume no loss in benefits work week.
The pro 32 side gets up to the stand and has first hand sources and cites specific recent studies. Then the opposition gets up and says that this is going to lead to “no work” and that this wont make workers happier and blanketly stating that the pro 32’s studies are wrong without citing any studies that disproved them. Then the next guy got up and says “workers say that they care most about flexibility in when where and how they work” but then states that a shorter work week would result in workers having less controll over when they work. Im like bro this is a law to set a cap on how much workers have to work, giving that companies want workers to work more and workers want to work less a cap by definition would result in more controll to the worker. The exact opposite of what he claims
You know what? Good point, Cassidy. In that case, let's actually go even further and demand a basic standard of living ensured to every citizen so that they no longer need to work just to live. Now we don't have to worry about whether or not jobs are moved offshore. Of course, this is just ignoring the fact that everything he said is just objectively misled. In fact, while we're at it, let's just instate socialism already and rip the band-aid right off. :)
Socialism is definitely a need but we will still need a form of capitalism to balance the scales, that being said what we have is gross misconduct and justice should be swift.
So many work hours is why people don’t want to work now. It’s too much. Our lives are nothing but work with no time to take care of our home, children, spouses and ourselves. 40+ hours causes burnout period. We are not your slaves. As more and more refuse to work, everything will crash anyway. Might as well fix the issue beforehand.
Senator Bernie you are amazing. Thank you so much for fighting for us. I would love to have 32 hours work week. I liked how it was pointed out that many of us can't go to church because we work so much. I am so exhausted after the stressful work week that I have no energy to go to the church. I also don't agree with the statement that we should allow the market to offer it if they want to? The greedy owners will never do that. The study group of companies that are willingly changing the work week is small. It's only the good hearted owners that are willing to do that. Majority of the big companies are greedy, so it won't happen. This needs to be Nationwide law. Also saying that the lost productivity will cause an increase of AI or use of machines makes no sense. It's already happening and it will happen with or without lowering the work week hours. The companies need to decrease the salary and bonuses of their upper management and actually share the profits with their employees. And this is one way to do that. The companies should not be allowed to increase the price of their products if the 32 hours per week is implemented. The prices should stay the same. The owners should share the wealth and not keep it all to themselves. That's what should happen.
Im 60 yrs old. Things are different now than 20 yrs ago in the workplace. I used to get a 2nd job part time when I needed to save up for something like a new car, or a vacation, or just to pad my savings account. Now 2 jobs are necessary to meet most needs. I certainly don't want to devote 40 hrs to one if I'll still need a 2nd job. I could do 60 hrs a week through my 40s, but not anymore.
-1:17:51 and why isn't the US the leader of the world as it used to be? Why does it now follow countries like Norway? The 32 hour work week is a common sense thing for the 21st century because of all of the benefits of technology.
Thank you Chairman Bernie Sanders , Work , Life Balance Is Vitally Important For Individual and Family Health As Well As Family Communication And Understanding which helps Children And Elderly . Thank You
Dr Vitter you should look for ways to fix the broken system instead of looking for flaws. Why keep policies that are 100 years old. Statistics does not help. People are not statistics are subjects.
Let's get this right they're going to cut 8 hours but you can only get paid for those 32 hours you're going to work less for less money that's the truth
What I understand is that as an employer, if your company can't support your employees who are the backbone of your workforce with LIVABLE PAY, then you shouldn't be a company at all. Why does a human right have to be a trial? Why does a human right need statistics? It's 'profits' and 'productivity' within these companies that are a cancer to the people. These companies who want to make millions, if not billions, with cheap labor, need to reevaluate themselves.
If we are not working for a better quality of life, then what are we working for? Not many of these politicians have worked a real day's labor in their lives, it's good that we have a Bernie.
