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Bernie Sanders: “Needless to say, the companies were not sympathetic.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 50:48

If they are youth, for example, you are already seeing some of the large unions like the UAW negotiating with the car companies and saying, you know what, our productivity is going up. We want a 32 hour work week. Needless to say, the companies were not sympathetic. But if we can lower the work week, if we could do away with dangerous jobs. Improve health care for all, it's a positive. (50:48–50:51)

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Asserts that companies were not sympathetic to the unions' demands for a shorter work week.

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