U.S. House Republican Majority Votes to Axe 40-Hour Work Week

[LAM]

U.S. House Republican Majority Votes to Axe 40-Hour Work Week

H R 1406 RECORDED VOTE 8-May-2013 5:53 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 137
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll137.xml

* and not one single peep from the laimstream network news stations.

 

[HFO3]

This would screw the economy and the employee, take the OT pay and give "comp time" this is a retarded idea. I'm glad I work for myself...

 

[Zaphod]

Big surprise the house voted for it.

 

[Big Smoothy]

Good find LAM.

It gets worse and worse as the years go by.

 

[LAM]

Good find LAM.

It gets worse and worse as the years go by.

yep...the party is over in the US

and the next recession will be much more painful than the 2008 economic downturn.

 

[exphys88]

Are lunch breaks, vacation and child labor laws next?


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[LAM]

Are lunch breaks, vacation and child labor laws next?


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well according to the low wage neo-cons we have to go backwards to move forwards so that sounds about right.

 

[Bowden]

Are lunch breaks, vacation and child labor laws next?


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Already there.
In many 'right to work states' there are no laws in place that require an employer give lunch breaks or vacations.

 

[Zaphod]

Nations With The Most Paid Time Off (And How The US Compares)

 

[LAM]

Nations With The Most Paid Time Off (And How The US Compares)

check out the chart on page 3 it verifies the information in the article you posted.

No Vacation US - A Comparison of Leave and Holiday in OECD Country's
http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp/papers/No_Holidays.pdf

 

[IronAddict]

check out the chart on page 3 it verifies the information in the article you posted.

No Vacation US - A Comparison of Leave and Holiday in OECD Country's
http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp/papers/No_Holidays.pdf

This is just plain sad! Sad, because this isn't even the same place I grew up in. Sad because people are over worked, over burdened, over stressed and under paid, and soon to get worse.

There's a saying that your government is trying to build up and give credence to, the rich get richer and the poor get drunk. And when the glass gets filled and people have had enough, they just pull a gat and shoot up their neighbors...

All just Machiavellianism set up to deceive and manipulate, never tell anyone the real reason you did something unless it is useful to do so.

 

[LAM]

Paid Paternal Leave: US vs the World

Paid Parental Leave: U.S. vs. The World (INFOGRAPHIC)

 

[Bowden]

This will never pass the Senate.

 

[exphys88]

This will never pass the Senate.

No, of course not, but it illustrates who they really work for.


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[Bowden]

No, of course not, but it illustrates who they really work for.


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Trickle down ideology at its finest.
Give all the money and rig all laws in favor of the top economic class and they will be more than happy to trickle down what they think is appropriate.
The lords of the manor want to own everything and they will throw the scraps from their table out of the manor door and gated community to the serfs and peasants aka. trickle down.

 

[LAM]

This will never pass the Senate.

why not? there are 53 Democrats and 45 Republicans, all it needs is a simple majority and it's a wrap.

 

[Zaphod]

No, of course not, but it illustrates who they really work for.


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It just may. Democrats are beholden to corporate interests, too.

 

[DOMS]

It just may. Democrats are beholden to corporate interests, too.

Just about all politicians are bought and paid for. Those that aren't get marginalized. The system is setup to perpetuate corruption.