Over the course of the covid-19 pandemic, we have lost almost 1,000,000 American lives — more than double the loss during World War II. The trauma, for many, has forced confrontations with mortality and grief, both for the people we’ve lost and the lives we once led. It has also inspired an awakening to how precious our time on this planet is — and how we choose to spend that time.
Many have come to a simple conclusion: Time is just as valuable and just as important as money. This is why I’ve introduced the 32-Hour Workweek Act. Our laws should change as our country changes and must adjust to meet the needs of the American workers they were written to serve.
The 32-Hour Workweek Act empowers workers by redefining the standard workweek for certain hourly employees as 32 hours. This does not limit the number of hours a worker can work; it merely states that workers are entitled to overtime pay for more than 32 hours of work, rather than the current standard of 40 hours. Since introducing this bill in July of 2021, I’m proud to have earned the endorsement of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the National Employment Law Project (NELP), the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), and the Congressional Progressive Caucus
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