Monday, August 23, 2004

New Overtime Rules Effective Today

from USA Today
Let me first say that while I (obviously) usually side with the entrepreneur, this is one case where I favor labor; I think that with these new regulations, the Bush administration is shortchanging a lot of working people.

2 comments:

Sheryl said...

So does this mean that:

A) the Republicans are assuming Bush won't be re-elected and are therefore cramming as many obnoxious laws and exec orders in before he gets kicked out ,

B) they have the election so well rigged that they don't need to worry about public opinion, or

C) they figure that Americans are so stupid, ignorant , and manipulatible that given enough tv commercials we could be brainwashed into voting for a box of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda?

Sheryl said...

No sooner read this post than I check my email and I just got an email from the Texas AFL-CIO about it. They mention a petition against the new change:

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/otpay_remember/xxi6As well as a site about legal advice on the subject and a quiz:

http://www.workingamerica.org/issues/ot_askalawyer_main.cfmhttp://www.workingamerica.org/issues/ot_quiz.cfm