U.S. NewswireOn the same day that President Bush (news - web sites)'s new overtime regulations began to deprive over six million Americans of their right to overtime pay, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards (news - web sites) met with workers and families in Wisconsin to assure them that a Kerry-Edwards administration will build an economy that rewards hard work, creates good paying jobs and strengthens the middle class.
Thanks to President Bush, the right to overtime pay became a thing of the past for six million workers Monday. By changing the technical language of a few, simple rules, the Bush administration could drastically cut the pay of millions of workers and make it even more difficult for families, already squeezed by the Bush economy, to get by.
"Today, millions of workers will find out that instead of getting time and a half; they're going to get a hard time from their government," said Edwards. "More than sixty years of protecting overtime work have been wiped out with the stroke of this President's pen." ..
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