Progressive congressional staffers withdraw 32-hour week proposal
Progressive congressional staffers withdrew their 32-hour week proposal just one day after receiving widespread backlash from both sides of the aisle about the plan. “This letter didn't make two things clear. First, progressive Congressional staff members are committed to serving the American people, no matter how long it takes them to get the job done. […]
Congressional Dem staffers drop their request for 32-hour work week after mockery
They will need to make more efforts to reduce working hours. Liberal parliamentary staffers on Friday withdrew their short-term demand for a 32-hour work week after their “tone-deaf” demand a day earlier drew bipartisan ridicule. The Congressional Progressive Staff Association (CPSA) on Thursday urged Congressional leaders to adopt a rotation schedule that would allow staffers […]
Home Depot co-founder wrecks Bernie Sanders’ 32-hour workweek plan, invokes bank robber Willie Sutton
Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone fired back at Sen. Bernie Sanders after he proposed it. 32 hour work week And in recent days, he has revisited his belief in taxing the wealthy. Langone, who co-founded the home improvement store chain with Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank and right-wing investor Bernie Marcus, said Sanders is simply […]
Sanders gets heated in exchange with Fox Business reporter over proposed 32-hour workweek
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was furious when a Fox Business reporter asked him about a bill that would create a 32-hour work week. “Can we talk about the 32-hour work week?” FOX Business reporter Hilary Vaughn asked Sanders, who then asked which media outlet he worked for. Additionally, Vaughn said Democrats appear to want to […]
Republicans pan Sanders’s 32-hour workweek bill
Republican lawmakers criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders (R-Vt.)’s new proposal for a 32-hour work week at a committee hearing Thursday, saying such a mandate would harm workers and hurt small businesses. They objected to the move, saying it would destroy the company. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sanders, will meet to […]