Bernie Sanders Proposes Reducing Workweek to 32 Hours
Studies and trials in other countries has shown the production by employees has increased under the…
@JollyRelishSocialist2mos2MO
You are free to work more or less. This establishes a standard to base things off of, just like how 40 is the existing standard
@SomberUnanimousLibertarian2mos2MO
There shouldn’t be a standard or overtime or minimum wage. Let me and an employee or employer talk and agree on terms then go from there. It’s not rocket science.
@9CJ6CB62mos2MO
No, give minimum wage laws to states, but enact a federal minimum floor for minimum wages. Allow workers to negotiate with companies on things past that point, and scale the minimum wage per state to inflation, so that the minimum will actually remain stable.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution2mos2MO
The God-given right to property includes paying your workers, who voluntarily agreed to work for you, what you want, and operating your business as you want. Government's job is to protect that right, not destroy it.
@9CJ6CB62mos2MO
The workers work for people because they’ll starve if they don’t. That’s not voluntary, that’s by necessity for survival. If they had the ability to work for themselves or live without work, then they’d be doing another job voluntarily, but that’s not what capitalist society is. Government serves as a way to make sure that a worker gets paid a fairer wage, and isn’t exploited worse than they already are, the exact same way government makes safety regulations for workplaces. Minimum wage reduces the amount of workers who could be paid unfairly, establishing a floor minimum to survive, and letting workers and employers negotiate additional wages if necessary. That’s far fairer overall
@JollyRelishSocialist2mos2MO
You're the reason labor laws, minimum wages, and OT regulations exist. Because employers want to pay less while working you more hours.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution2mos2MO
@9CJ6CB62mos2MO
Yes it does, we gave it that power through the establishment of labor laws that we DESPERATELY needed in the early 1900s. These laws serve to benefit workers as a whole, and they remain extremely successful in doing so due to their ability to pay workers a higher share of what they actually provide to the company.
