So they back down on overtime rules now they are trying to take credit for

[MSgt213]

backing down. These fucking people know no shame.

[rfkrocks]

1. Perfect election year politics

If they win they get to give it to us real good-the fist inside the velvet glove-evil just plain evil

[papau]

2. the WH is saying 100000 lose OT under new rules - what rule

change causes the loss of OT?

[RoyGBiv]

3. MoveOn

MoveOn.org sent e-mail out today saying that the AP and Washington Post are reporting this incorrectly, relying on a WH press release rather than actually analyzing the changes they are allowing.

I haven't been able to figure out the details yet. It was all murky enough to begin with, but the way MoveOn presented it, the change is only a superficial one, and those that would have been hurt most by loss of OT would still lose it.

[dweller]

4. How do you know you have the story right?

http://www.misleader.org/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df04202004.html

Bush Stiffs Workers on Overtime

While touting the economy this month, President Bush said, "A more productive
worker makes more money"1. But if he has his way on new overtime regulations,
that will no longer be the case for tens of thousands of workers.

In a move designed to blur the issue, the Administration today said it was revising
its previous effort to terminate overtime protections for 8 million workers2. But
even by the Bush Administration's own admission, the "new" regulations will mean
that tens of thousands of lower-income workers will be cut off3. Opponents of the
Administration's plan say that the revisions would still cause problems for mean
millions. The regulations are so bad for workers that some state legislatures have
even rushed through legislation to block them4.

The new overtime regulations come just four months after AP reported that the
Bush Labor Department began "giving employers tips on how to avoid paying
overtime to some of the 1.3 million low-income workers"5. The Administration
specifically told employers they could "cut workers' hourly wages and add the
overtime to equal the original salary, or raise salaries to the new $22,100 annual
threshold, making them ineligible." Labor Secretary Elaine Chao testified before
Congress that too many workers were filing "needless litigation" in efforts to force
employers to pay them back wages6. Her insult to workers belied the fact that
judges have ordered the government to "collect more than $212 million in back
pay for workers" - the most in a decade and a strong signal that the efforts to fight
worker abuse are far from "needless."

Sources:
1.President Announces New Education Initiatives for Stronger Workforce,
04/06/2004.
2."8 million may lose OT pay", CNN Money, 06/27/2003.
3."Administration to Revise Overtime Plan", New York Times, 04/20/2004.
4."Senate votes to preserve overtime pay", Associated Press, 04/16/2004.
5."U.S. offers tips on avoiding overtime pay", MSNBC, 01/05/2004.
6."More workers filing overtime-pay lawsuits", Seattle Times, 04/11/2004.


all sources linked from above link..

courtesy Moveon.org email.

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