Incumbent senators Sanders and Warren weigh in at 32 hours per work week

The Congressional Progressive Staff Association called on congressional leaders this week to reduce aides’ work weeks to 32 hours during weeks when their bosses are out of town, but far-left chiefs are split on the idea of ​​shortening the entire week.

Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has introduced legislation proposing a 32-hour work week statewide, expressed his views on FOX Business’ Hillary Vaughn on Thursday.

“We’re seeing huge inequality in income and wealth, people at the top are doing incredibly well. And we’re seeing huge advances in artificial intelligence and technology. … I want to see those advances in technology that make you a more productive worker for you and not just the billionaires,” Sanders said. “And another way. the only way we can do that is to move to 32-hour work without losing wages.”

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, VT, previously proposed legislation calling for a 32-hour work week statewide. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images / Getty Images)

When asked how businesses will pay for a 32-hour work week and if they will have to hire someone to work an extra day, Sanders did not answer.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., dismissed the ongoing labor call for a shorter work week as “a bad idea.”

Sen. Warren criticized the shortened work week proposal as “a bad idea.” (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)

“My employees work their hearts out because that’s what it means to go into public service, and I’m very grateful for the work they do,” Warren told FOX Business. “A 32-hour work week is a bad idea, but I understand that most of my employees have never seen a 42-hour work week in months and months and months because they come in and work for the American people hour after hour.

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“They are freeing from their hearts, and I am grateful for that.”