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Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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I'm hoping the push for a 32 hour week gains enough traction that we could actually feasibly negotiate a 9-day sprint (2 week period) as the "middle ground", at least until the next wave of negotiations pushes further.
Gimme every other monday off, that way I'm always working toward either a long weekend or an early weekend
I just negotiated one Monday a month off and it's nice. Two would be better, of course. Three day weekends should be standard. It's like that meme said: "One day for chores/errands, one to day to socialize, one day to stay in bed all day like you've got some Victorian wasting sickness."
that's exactly what I work, and my employer has been pushing to remove that in our pay negotiations. they backed down to making it "optional" but it sounds like all new hires wouldn't be on the 9 day fortnight system.
sad how things are getting worse not better