Leading Democratic lawmakers and allied liberal groups are promoting the legislation this week to end abusive work scheduling practices. The bill, titled the Schedules that Work Act, would give employees more rights to demand flexible work schedules and demand an end to long, irregular work shifts.

The bill is sponsored by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and backed by a variety of Big Labor organizations like the AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers as well as liberal activist groups like Demos, Restaurant Opportunities Center United and the Retail Action Project. Which is is kind of ironic because many of those groups demand their own workers work long, irregular hours.