Working families across the country are getting crushed.

Today, as corporations rake in larger and larger profits, a full time minimum wage job cannot keep a mother and her child out of poverty. Right now, a parent working a full time minimum wage job can't afford a two bedroom apartment in any county in this country.

That's why back in October, I proposed the most comprehensive agenda for workers since the New Deal -- using all the tools of the presidency to strengthen the labor movement and put power back into the hands of the people.

But in my travels across the country talking to workers about what matters to them, one issue comes up again and again: too many workers face unpredictable work schedules that leave them with too few hours to make a living wage and no control over their time.

This week I expanded on my plan to empower and protect workers to make sure all part-time workers have agency over their own schedules and are able to provide for their families.

Add your name today if you support my Fair Workweek Plan to empower part-time workers:

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Over the last decade, many employers have adopted "just in time" scheduling practices that assign workers hours in real time. In some cases, work assignments change by the hour, based on factors like customer demand, the time of day, the time of year, or even the weather. And workers of color -- especially women of color -- bear the brunt of these abusive scheduling practices.

That ends in a Warren Administration. My Fair Workweek Plan will put power in the hands of part-time workers and help them control their schedules. It will:
Require employers with 15 or more employees to give two weeks of advance notice of work schedules. Employees in the retail, food service, cleaning, hospitality, and warehouse industries will get their work schedules at least two weeks in advance so that they can plan their lives, will have the right to decline work hours not listed, and will be compensated for changes within that window.

Empower employees to ask for schedules that work for them without fear of retaliation. Employees shouldn't lose their jobs or get their hours cut for asking for fair schedules. Under my plan, employers that employ more than 15 workers will be required to take into account their workers' scheduling requests and provide a justification if they can't accommodate a request. If employees ask to change their schedule to accommodate caregiving, education or training, or a second job, their employer will have to accommodate them unless they have a legitimate business reason for denying the request.

Ensure a right to rest between shifts. Too often, workers are forced to work the closing shift one day and the opening shift the next, leaving too little time to rest or take care of obligations outside work. My plan would give workers who work at companies with more than 15 employees the rest they desperately need by guaranteeing workers 11 hours between shifts and compensating them with higher pay for hours voluntarily worked within that window.

Require employers to offer additional work hours to existing, qualified, part-time workers before hiring new employees or contractors. Hiring more part-time workers is how giant companies try to squeeze out profits off of the backs of workers by not paying for benefits. My plan requires employers with more than 500 employees to ask their workers how many hours they want to work and when they're available, offer additional work to qualified existing part-time workers before hiring new workers or contractors, and compensate their existing workers for the additional hours.

Provide benefits to part-time workers. Under my plan, workers who have worked for their employer for at least 12 months will have access to Family Medical Leave Act leave and protection whether they are part time or full time. Workers who work at least 500 hours for two consecutive years will also have access to employee retirement plans.
My Fair Workweek plan will help shift power back to part-time workers -- helping up to 27 million Americans and producing the kind of big, structural change we need. But I can't do it without you.

Together, we can shift the balance of power from corporations to the hands of workers, but it's going to take a grassroots movement to make it happen.

Add your name today if you're all in to empower part-time workers through my Fair Workweek Plan.

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Thanks for being a part of this,

Elizabeth

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