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Bernie Sanders: “I introduced the bill last year for a 32 hour work week with…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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“Fight Oligarchy” Bernie Sanders Calls Out Trump, Musk, & Billionaires in Politics During WI Rally

Published | Video Starts at 20:14

And our view is that technology is good if it works for workers, not just the CEOs and Elon Musk. Technology opens the opportunity for a shorter work week. And we have got to stand together. I introduced the bill last year for a 32 hour work week with no loss of pay. because what we have seen over the last 50 years is as worker productivity has exploded, people are producing much, much more. It's not workers who have benefited from that. (20:14–20:22)

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