I can't see being 38 years old, let alone 40 years old, or 50 years old, working under the hot sun and then finding out that I have to work longer than the 8 hours a day, or longer than 40 hours a week and am not protected by overtime.
Takano expresses concern about the lack of overtime protections for older farm workers.
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America belongs to all of us. Let’s Go For Broke. Go all in for democracy. Go all in for equality. Go all in for freedom.
Let’s finish the assignment, make Dr. King’s dream a reality, and fulfill the promise of a better America.
It’s time that labor standards caught up. I’m proud to continue partnering with Senator Sanders in reintroducing this bill to make sure that the gains from historically high productivity are felt by all American workers.
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