Please urge your members of Congress to restore overtime pay.
They have a chance to save overtime pay this week as they vote on 2005 spending bills. Some of those budget measures have amendments that would restore overtime pay for the 6 million workers who stand to lose it under President George W. Bush's overtime pay take-away.
You can help. Click the following link to urge your members of Congress to restore overtime pay, or keep reading:
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/f71Cjy41DuSo/ot_letter Overtime pay protection is in serious jeopardy of being stripped from the final budget bills—giving President Bush a huge victory in his drive to end overtime pay rights.
Working families rely on overtime pay. But the Bush administration changed the rules about who is eligible for overtime pay, and 6 million workers, some of whom earn as little as $23,660 (or even less in some circumstances), could lose this crucial income.
Members of Congress already voted six times to reject the president's overtime pay cut—please urge them to do so again this week. Click here to act:
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/f71Cjy41DuSo/ot_letter Your continued action to restore overtime pay is extremely important now. Help us make sure President Bush and his allies in Congress know the president's re-election doesn't mean he can cut our paychecks. We're going to keep fighting this overtime pay cut until we win.