House votes to protect overtime pay, and possibly their own jobs as well
Congratulations to all who contacted their Congressional representatives about the threats to overtime pay: Yesterday the House of Representatives voted 221-203 to uphold the Senate amendment protecting the right to overtime pay for millions of American workers. Now it's on to the White House, whose occupant in chief has already announced he'll veto the appropriations bill to which the overtime-protection amendment is attached. Several Republican Congresspeople defied their party's leader on the overtime issue, because they understand that ultimately they answer not to their party leader or any politician but to their own constituents.
Mr. Bush also has to answer to voters, so if you're one of those and you want to protect your right to overtime pay for overtime work, now is the time to speak up. If you're not registered to vote, you can fix that right here.
CEOs don't get overtime pay, but they manage to get by somehow on salaries (with benefits) that went up an average of 6 percent last year, even though the average stock price went down 23.4 percent, giving them an average compensation package of $10.83 million a year. Yes, they vote, too, but despite their disproportionate pay, their vote doesn't count any more than the votes of the people who work for them, something elected officials tend to forget, especially when they're collecting campaign contributions.
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @3:26 PM
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