Bernie Sanders Wants To Bring Back Your 40-Hour Workweek

This story was published in June 2015 and is being republished today on the 75th anniversary of the 40-hour workweek going into effect. WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) thinks Americans may have forgotten about the 40-hour week. "A hundred years ago workers took to the streets" to fight for 40 hours, Sanders told The Huffington Post. "And a hundred years have come and gone, we’ve seen an explosion in technology, we’ve seen an explosion in productivi...