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Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day workweek (techcrunch.com)
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A.I. aside, we should get 4 day work weeks regardless.

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

A 4 day work week wouldn’t change anything for people working an hourly wage.

This is talking about redefining ‘full-time’ at a legislative level from being 36 hours to something less.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So would this not be worse for, for example, people on partial disability benefits who are allowed to retain benefits while working part time but not full time employment?

    If nothing changes for them but they are now registered as full time employees, they lose their benefits for nothing in return. Who would this help?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I don’t think the work requirements for disability work that way, or are tied to the same legislation.

    It would help people who work full-time. People who work hourly already don’t work M-F 8-5 most of the time.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    1. Interesting. I was under the belief that disability benefit requiments basically meant "unable obtain and maintain full time employment due to a disability". After some research it seems it's more about how much money you earn than how many hours you work.

    2. Are you not conflating Part Time/Hourly and Full time/Salary?

    70% of Americans work full time and just under 60% of American workers are paid hourly wage.

    For example, every factory I've worked in has been Full Time hours with hourly wage pay.

    It's mostly Managerial/corporate positions that are salaried afaik.

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