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September 4, 2003
The Senate debate on President Bush's overtime pay
cuts is under way and a vote is expected any day. We
know you may have acted before, but your contact with
your senators is needed urgently. In response to the
100,000 letters sent so far by people like you, the
Bush White House has just threatened to VETO LEGISLATION
TO PROTECT OVERTIME PAY. To save overtime pay, the
40-hour workweek and the weekend, we need you to counter
veto power with people power. Click below to fax your
senators:
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/septovertime/8ugsk64r5wmw
This is the most important chance we've had to block
the overtime pay cuts before they go into effect. The
overtime pay cuts proposed by the Bush administration
could take away overtime pay from at least 8 million
workers. Overtime pay protections are the heart of
the 40-hour workweek--and even the weekend. Without
them, employers would have no reason to treat workers
fairly--they could require longer and longer days without
paying workers extra for their overtime hours. Click
below to take action, or keep reading.
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/septovertime/8ugsk64r5wmw
The Bush overtime pay take-away would save employers
billions--right from workers' paychecks. They would
allow employers to do almost anything they want by
blurring the rules for overtime eligibility.
The Bush administration changes could make large numbers
of workers who have job-related training ineligible
for overtime. Health care, technical, computer, law
enforcement, firefighting and skilled trades training
could cost workers their right to overtime pay. This
is completely outrageous and we need to stop it.
Send your fax: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/septovertime/8ugsk64r5wmw
Tell your friends, family and co-workers: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/septovertime/forward/8ugsk64r5wmw
The overtime pay takeaway won't just hit workers in
the pocket. According to the Economic Policy Institute,
"The millions of employees who will see their pay reduced
will, in all likelihood, see their hours of work increase
at the same time. Once employers are not required to
pay for overtime work, they will schedule more of it."
Tens of millions of working families depend on overtime
pay. Please act today.
Thanks for all you do.
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