The good manufaturing jobs lost here are being replaced with McJobs in the service sector. Those who are losing those good jobs have to work 2 or 3 low paying no benefit service sector McJobs to make up for their loss. Service sector jobs do not produce goods to be used in India or anywhere else.
6 million to lose overtime pay under bush plan
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No enviromental regulations in places like India are a major reason that manufacturing jobs are shipped overseas. Another reason is their $1 a day labor rate. Its really hard to compete with that.
Today the U.S. Senate and House recessed until after Labor Day—failing to block the Bush overtime pay take-away set to go into effect Aug. 23. Republican leaders repeatedly joined with the Bush administration and blocked votes on two separate pieces of legislation that would have protected workers' right to overtime pay.
Starting on Aug. 23, employers can begin reclassifying many workers as ineligible for overtime, but it probably will take some time for employers to fully understand the extremely complex and confusing new rules and start deciding who can lose overtime pay.
Two pieces of legislation before Congress would repeal the Bush administration's overtime pay cuts regardless of whether those cuts have been implemented already by employers.
The Bush administration is going forward with this massive pay cut for working families despite opposition from bipartisan majorities of lawmakers and millions of working families.
Starting on Aug. 23, employers can begin reclassifying many workers as ineligible for overtime, but it probably will take some time for employers to fully understand the extremely complex and confusing new rules and start deciding who can lose overtime pay.
Two pieces of legislation before Congress would repeal the Bush administration's overtime pay cuts regardless of whether those cuts have been implemented already by employers.
The Bush administration is going forward with this massive pay cut for working families despite opposition from bipartisan majorities of lawmakers and millions of working families.
