WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, Pensions (HELP) Committee, this week introduced legislation that would ensure that the United States finally joins virtually every other major country on Earth in guaranteeing workers the right to earn paid annual vacation leave. This legislation comes just a week after Sanders introduced legislation and held a HELP Committee hearing on establishing a 32-hour workweek in America with no loss in pay.
Sanders is joined on the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) while Rep. Seth Ma...