{"id":591695,"date":"2023-09-17T20:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T17:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bernie-sanders-backs-uaw-call-for-a-4-day-workweek\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T20:42:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T17:42:03","slug":"bernie-sanders-backs-uaw-call-for-a-4-day-workweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bernie-sanders-backs-uaw-call-for-a-4-day-workweek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bernie Sanders Backs UAW Call for a 4-Day Workweek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>Bernie Sanders on Sunday voiced support for a 4-day workweek, a demand of striking auto workers.<\/li>\n<li>On CNN, the Vermont senator blamed long working hours for a decline in US life expectancy.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;People in America are stressed out for a dozen different reasons,&#8221; Sanders said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup\n                          headline-regular loading\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-newsletter-id=\"1\" data-list=\"Insider Today\" data-acq-source=\"politicsinlinesignup\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-newsletter-content\">\n<div class=\"js-loader hidden\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"svg-icon \" version=\"1.1\" role=\"img\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><title>Loading<\/title><desc>Something is loading.<\/desc><path fill=\"#111\" d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\"><animatetransform attributetype=\"xml\" attributename=\"transform\" type=\"rotate\" from=\"0 25 25\" to=\"360 25 25\" dur=\"0.6s\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\"><\/animatetransform><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"success-container__mobile d-none\">\n                              Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p>                              Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you&#8217;re on the go.<br \/>\n                              <button class=\"rounded-button headline-bold white-button download\" type=\"white\"><br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a> the app<br \/>\n                              <\/button>\n                            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>This country needs to seriously consider cutting back the hours that people have to labor at their job, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2023\/09\/17\/sotu-sanders-full.cnn\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\">told CNN<\/a> on Sunday, suggesting the 40-hour workweek is at least partly to blame for Americans&#8217; declining life expectancy.<\/p>\n<p>A 32-hour, four-day workweek \u2014 for the same pay \u2014 is a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uaw-strike-update-four-day-work-week-32-hours\/\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\">key demand<\/a> of the United Auto Workers, whose members went on strike last week after talks with Ford, GM, and Stellantis failed to deliver a new contract. The demand, in part, reflects concerns that the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesinsider.com\/uaw-strike-inexorable-math-electric-vehicles-elon-musk-tesla-ford-2023-9\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\">electrification of the auto industry<\/a>, paired with emerging artificial intelligence technologies, will significantly reduce the amount of human labor required to assemble a new vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, asked whether he thought the UAW&#8217;s position was simply a bargaining ploy, said he thinks it&#8217;s actually worth having a conversation about.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a nation, we should begin a serious discussion \u2014 and UAW is doing that \u2014 about substantially lowering the workweek,&#8221; Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, told CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People in America are stressed out for a dozen different reasons, and that&#8217;s one of the reasons why life expectancy in our country is actually in decline,&#8221; he said. &#8220;People are overwhelmed. They&#8217;ve got to take care of their kids. They&#8217;ve got to worry about healthcare. They&#8217;ve got to worry about housing. They&#8217;re worried.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the CDC, life expectancy at birth <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/pressroom\/nchs_press_releases\/2022\/20220831.htm\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\">fell to 76.1 years<\/a> in 2021, the second year in a row that the number fell, largely due to COVID-19. Other contributing factors included heart disease, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, and suicide, the CDC said.<\/p>\n<p>Studies of a four-day workweek, meanwhile, including a pilot program involving some 2,900 workers in the UK, have suggested employees&#8217; time at work could be reduced without hurting companies&#8217; revenue \u2014 and with workers reporting less stress and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders argued that cutting time at work would also be a just reward for gains in worker productivity, particularly with the advent of AI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It seems to me that if new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> is going to make us a more productive society, the benefits should go to the workers,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It would be an extraordinary thing to see people have more time to spend with their kids, with their families, to be able to do more cultural activities, to get a better education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is something, he continued, that &#8220;absolutely we need to be discussing.&#8221;\n                      <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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