Monday, May 20, 2013

Cantor's con would steal workers' overtime pay


http://jimhightower.com/node/8035#.UZqWenrD-nA

Little Eric Cantor, the prancing political prissy who serves as the GOP's House majority leader, apparently thinks he's too slick to get caught in an outright legislative lie – or maybe he thinks we rubes are too dumb to figure out that he's trying to slick us.
Either way, a crude deceit is at the very heart of his "Working Families Flexibility Act," which he recently slid through the House. It eliminates a central piece of America's middle-class framework, namely the 8-hour workday and 40-hour week. Under the 1938 Fair Labor Law, bosses can make hourly employees work extra, but only by paying an overtime wage for the added hours.
the deception is ever afoot with the right wing like they did moments after 2008 election they started that one term plan, they never give up it's a "Pinky and The Brain cartoon they are always scheming to take over.  "we the people": are perpetual targets for the republican party, 
think about they have us thinking they are fighting the worse threat to America since all the other ones they bestowed that title on, but he the Pres. is on our side legislation is geared to improve the American condition, if they manage to kill that they by default but more by intention kill our rights to liberty and real freedom and pursuit of happiness, not right wing freedom which is only for the rich.
Cantor claims his bill would improve this New Deal protection by letting corporate managers require extra hours on the job without overtime pay by offering "comp time" to the employees. In other words, work more hours now in exchange for taking-off those same number of hours later on.
With a wink at corporate lobbyists, Eric slyly refers to this switch as "women-friendly," allowing working moms the flexibility to decide when to take time off. Therein lies the lie.
It's not workers who get to decide, but bosses. Note that Cantor's bill does not guarantee employees the right to use the time-off they would earn by giving up extra pay. They can use the comp time only if and when the employer says it's okay – which might be never. 
didn't even get out of the first sentence without letting you know you are subject to the corporation bosses whim, you serve at their pleasure.  what you get is up in the air what the corporation bosses get is a definite, your life transforms into pot luck  and they get richer.