(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on August 23.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today millions of hardworking men and women across the country have suffered yet another blow to their ability to provide for their families when the Bush Administration’s new overtime regulations took effect.
Thanks to Bush’s new overtime rule, more than six million workers will now take a significant pay cut. With workers stripped of their overtime rights, employers can and will force them to work overtime for no additional pay.
These new overtime regulations are specifically designed to take money out of the pockets of working families and put it into the vaults of big business.
This is yet another salvo in the battle that this administration has waged against working families, siding with special interests and big business instead of the millions of Americans who work for hourly wages. Those families who depend on the additional pay generated by overtime to put food on the table for their families and keep a roof over their heads will now be forced to take second, third or fourth jobs.