{"id":41322,"date":"2025-01-17T02:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T02:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=41322"},"modified":"2025-01-17T02:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T02:41:17","slug":"1500-leftist-congressional-staffers-beg-house-and-senate-leadership-for-a-shortened-work-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=41322","title":{"rendered":"1,500 Leftist Congressional Staffers Beg House and Senate Leadership for a Shortened Work Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sometimes, the jokes write themselves.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Politico congressional reporter Nicholas Wu posted a letter to social media platform X dated to the same day from the Congressional Progressive Staff Association \u2014 which is 1,500 members strong.<\/p>\n

In it, the association asks both House and Senate<\/a> leaders to implement a shorter workday at 32 hours a week.<\/p>\n

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Seriously:<\/p>\n

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Progressive Hill staff are asking for a 32-hour workweek<\/p>\n

\u201cWe write today to encourage you to consider adopting a proposal that would improve worker satisfaction, increase staff retention in Congress, and model a more sustainable approach to work on a national level.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/t1LmmcycNp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nicholas Wu (@nicholaswu12) January 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The entire letter is roughly two and a half pages and reads like something written by a child trying to convince his mother that, on the contrary, its actually very beneficial to have ice cream before dinner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe write you today to encourage you to consider adopting a proposal that would improve worker satisfaction, increase staff retention in Congress, and model a more sustainable approach to work on a national level,\u201d it reads, further stating, \u201cwe propose implementing a 32-hour workweek for D.C.<\/a>-based staff during district work periods and a 32-hour workweek for district-based staff while in session.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter continues in painting a sob story for Congressional leaders, reading, \u201cAs you know, serving as Congressional staff is often demanding and intensive.<\/p>\n

\u201cStaffers routinely work long hours at a level of rigor that regularly leads to burnout.\u201d<\/p>\n

After citing some studies for why they should work less and giving a few proposals as to how the 32-hour workweek could be implemented, the letter ends by assuring Congress, \u201cWe do not want a 32-hour workweek to just be another special benefit for Congressional staff. Members of Congress can help to advance the discussion around a more sustainable workweek as a national priority and model how it can work for private and public employers across the country and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right, because everyone in the country and globally looks to Congress<\/a> as a trailblazer in productivity in the workplace.<\/p>\n

Cry me a river.<\/p>\n

Fox News analyst Josh Kraushaar noted how perfectly in-line this proposal was with stereotypes about progressives being a bunch of lazy, entitled blowhards, calling the letter, \u201con brand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On brand https:\/\/t.co\/mHn2bnr1eA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) January 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shockingly, the letter did not propose a pay cut. Progressive staffers want to work less for the same pay.<\/p>\n

A 32-hour workweek is a part-time job. It seems appropriate for a group of people who voted for a part-time president. As of September 2024, the New York Post<\/a> reported Biden<\/a> took 48 years\u2019 worth of vacation in his four-year term.<\/p>\n

President-elect Donald Trump is known for his blistering pace on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced<\/a> his schedule for 2025 with almost twice as many days of work as the old leader, Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n

Staffers don\u2019t need fewer working hours<\/p>\n

They need to buckle down and get to work for the deeply troubled country.<\/p>\n

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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