The Importance of Unionization and Workers’ Rights: Protecting the 40-Hour Workweek and Overtime Pay

That’s how it should be listed. When you make it harder to unionize, you make it harder on all workers, allowing employers to cut overtime pay or even eliminate it. Look, Project 2025 is even going after the 40-hour workweek. Let’s all be very clear —it’s the folks standing here and those whose shoulders we stand on, who gave us the 40-hour workweek and the weekend. So, thank you, labor.