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As part of his Labor Day message to workers in the United States, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday re-upped his call for the establishment of a 20% cut to the workweek with no loss in pay—an idea he said is "not radical" given the enormous productivity gains over recent decades that have resulted in massive profits for corporations but scraps for employees and the working class.

"It's time for a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay," Sanders wrote in a Guardian op-ed as he cited a 480% increase in worker productivity since the 40-hour workweek was first established in 1940.

"It's time," he continued, "that working families were able to take advantage of the increased productivity that new technologies provide so that they can enjoy more leisure time, family time, educational and cultural opportunities—and less stress."

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[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (44 children)

Do you all have the Congress app installed on your phone?

Can you name your House of Representative member?

Can you name your Senators?

This will go nowhere the same way that smart gun control went nowhere, despite the vast majority of the citizenship wanting it, despite even after a room full of elementary school kids were killed. Lobbying stops what the vast majority of the citizenry want.

The only way to affect change is to lobby Congress, that's what the corporations do. Corporations lobby Congress, so you have to as well.

You need to get involved, you have to let your Representative and your Senators know that you want a four-day work week. You should even throw some donation money their way for their next election cycle.

Just commenting about it on an Internet forum isn't enough. Just waiting for somebody else to do the work isn't enough.

You are the citizen.

[–] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Nah, the vast majority don't want gun control. All you city slicking fools who don't value personal self defense and think someone else will save you.

You can piss your rights away I'll keep mine.

[–] foo@programming.dev -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is the USA so dangerous that you need to be walking around armed to the teeth?

[–] Riyosha_Namae@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because basically anyone can get their hands on any gun they can afford with minimal difficulty, and the police have no legal obligation to protect you.

…Though to be honest, guns don't really help that much.

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