Fight in the House to Save Overtime Pay; Miller, Obey, King present bills

“Millions of Americans, including first responders like police and firefighters, who receive time and a half for their overtime work today will be required to work longer hours for less money under the president’s proposal,” said Representative George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee. “Millions more who have long depended upon overtime work to help make ends meet will face effective pay cuts as opportunities to work overtime are diminished. These regulations take both time and money from working Americans.”

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“It isn't enough that the Administration has presided over the loss of 3 million private sector jobs, or forced millions of working Americans to remain in poverty by refusing to raise the minimum wage, or denied unemployment compensation to millions of people who want to work but who, because of the desperate state of the economy, cannot find jobs,” Miller said. “And it isn’t enough that the Administration failed to provide real tax relief - including a child tax credit - to millions of low and moderate income tax-paying Americans, while providing hundreds of billions of dollars for the richest Americans.

“Now, they want to cut the overtime wages of as many as 8 million police, firefighters, nurses and other First Responders, as well as millions of other Americans, who depend on their overtime pay to support their families.”

More at: http://edworkforce.house.gov/democrats/releases/rel7903c.html

DUers, CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TOMORROW
and tell them to support the
Miller-Obey Amendment to the HHS appropriations bill
and the Miller-King Bill to prohibit DOL changes
to overtime laws.
Contact information for your reps available at
www.congress.org

country. It's like Ian Hunter once said:

For the law is now the lawless
'N the flaw is now the flawless
'N the crime is now accepted
'N the criminal respected
'N now evil gets elected
'N now sinful get selected
See a President proven rotten
Now officially forgotten

(Apathy 83) Album: All American Alien Boy

Please continue discussion by posting in the original, earliest thread on this topic, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=5485&mesg_id=5485&listing_type=search

It's best to keep the Overtime Pay Debate conversation consolidated in the earlier thread. Jchild, your link to the release would be very helpful in the original thread, and I hope you post it there.

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
DU Moderator