From the Labor Party Call for Economic Justice:

A 32-Hour, 4-Day Work Week

Double-time Minimum for All Overtime

An Hour Off with Pay for Every 2 Hours of Overtime

20 Mandatory Paid Vacation Days for All

One Year Paid Leave for 7 Years of Work

Each year we become more and more productive at work. In a fair and just economy, increased productivity should allow us to work fewer hours, not more. Yet compared to the late 1960s, we are now working an average of more than one extra month annually.

We work longer hours and have less vacation time than almost all workers in the industrialized world. While many of us cannot find work, factory overtime is now at record levels because it is more profitable to pay overtime then it is to hire new workers.

Enough is enough.

We call for amending the federal labor laws to:

Define the normal work week to 32 hours without loss of pay or benefits.

Provide a minimum of double-time pay for all hours worked over 32 hours a week and 8 hours a day.

Forbid compulsory overtime.

Mandate one hour off with pay for every 2 hours of overtime.

Require 20 days paid vacation for all workers in addition to the federal holidays.

Provide one year of paid educational leave for every seven years worked.

Taken together these proposals will create millions of new jobs and allow us the free time we need to care for our families and to participate in our communities. More family time and more community participation should be the fruit of increased labor productivity.