To: The United States House of Representatives
Boehner and Cantor Want to Cut Your Pay
I’m calling on you to oppose the attack on workers’ right to overtime pay and a 40-hour workweek that some representatives are trying to pass.
This legislation—H.R. 1406—is bad for working people. It would cut pay for workers. It would allow employers to undermine the 40-hour workweek and demand longer hours from their workforce. It also would give even more flexibility to employers, not workers, by letting them pay nothing for overtime work and then telling employees to “take off” when business is slow.
More work and less pay? No way. Vote NO on H.R. 1406.
This legislation—H.R. 1406—is bad for working people. It would cut pay for workers. It would allow employers to undermine the 40-hour workweek and demand longer hours from their workforce. It also would give even more flexibility to employers, not workers, by letting them pay nothing for overtime work and then telling employees to “take off” when business is slow.
More work and less pay? No way. Vote NO on H.R. 1406.
Why is this important?
More work and less pay? No way.
But Reps. Eric Cantor and John Boehner and other corporate bought-and-paid-for politicians want to change that.
Cantor has prioritized legislation—H.R. 1406—that would let corporate CEOs get out of their legal obligation to pay cash overtime to workers and replace it with the "promise" of time off in the future. If this bill passes, it would change decades of labor law that have protected the 40-hour workweek and fair pay for workers.
Workers who work overtime would be paid nothing and be given the “promise” of time off in the future—whenever the boss gives permission to take it, of course. A lot of workers depend on the extra money they get from “time-and-a-half” overtime pay just to make ends meet. This proposal would take that extra money away, and workers who take “time off” would never see a bump in their paycheck.
This bill also would undermine the 40-hour workweek by making it cheaper for CEOs to demand long hours from employees.
Boehner, Cantor and other right-wing legislators want you to think this is about “flexibility” for workers. But the only people who’d get flexibility from this legislation would be bosses, not employees.
Corporations already have the “flexibility” to give time off whenever they want. What they would gain through this bill is the “flexibility” to pay nothing for overtime work, and then tell workers to “take off” when business is slow.
Don’t let Boehner, Cantor and our corporate politicians erode fair pay and the 40-hour workweek. Sign the petition to Congress NOW.
But Reps. Eric Cantor and John Boehner and other corporate bought-and-paid-for politicians want to change that.
Cantor has prioritized legislation—H.R. 1406—that would let corporate CEOs get out of their legal obligation to pay cash overtime to workers and replace it with the "promise" of time off in the future. If this bill passes, it would change decades of labor law that have protected the 40-hour workweek and fair pay for workers.
Workers who work overtime would be paid nothing and be given the “promise” of time off in the future—whenever the boss gives permission to take it, of course. A lot of workers depend on the extra money they get from “time-and-a-half” overtime pay just to make ends meet. This proposal would take that extra money away, and workers who take “time off” would never see a bump in their paycheck.
This bill also would undermine the 40-hour workweek by making it cheaper for CEOs to demand long hours from employees.
Boehner, Cantor and other right-wing legislators want you to think this is about “flexibility” for workers. But the only people who’d get flexibility from this legislation would be bosses, not employees.
Corporations already have the “flexibility” to give time off whenever they want. What they would gain through this bill is the “flexibility” to pay nothing for overtime work, and then tell workers to “take off” when business is slow.
Don’t let Boehner, Cantor and our corporate politicians erode fair pay and the 40-hour workweek. Sign the petition to Congress NOW.