GOP - We Screw the Workers - Becausewecan

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Overtime Pay Alternative Sought By Republican Lawmakers

We Screw the Workers - Becausewecan

Just remember throughout

FOR SOME PEOPLE – MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT

WASHINGTON -- It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.

FORCING EMPLOYEES TO TAKE TIME OFF INSTEAD OF PAY

The choice already exists in the public sector. Federal and state workers can save earned time off and use it weeks or even months

THEY HAVE UNION CONTRACTS AND REPS THAT PROTECT THEM

Republicans in Congress are pushing legislation that would extend that option to the private sector.

 TO INCREASE CORPORATE PROFITS

"For some people, time is more valuable than the cash that would be accrued in overtime," said Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., the bill's chief sponsor. "Why should public-sector employees be given a benefit and the private sector be left out?"

THEY HAVE UNION CONTRACTS AND REPS THAT PROTECT THEM

FOR SOME PEOPLE – MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT

The program was created in the public sector in 1985 to save federal, state and local governments money, not to give workers greater flexibility, Lichtman said.

NUFF SAID

INCREASES CORPORATE PROFITS

Democrats say the bill provides no guarantee that workers would be able to take the time off when they want.

WORKERS GET SCREWED

The bill gives employers discretion over whether to grant a specific request to use comp time.

WORKERS WORKERS GET SCREWED

Opponents also complain that banking leave time essentially gives employers an interest-free loan from workers.

INCREASES CORPORATE PROFITS

Makes a DAMN good case for unionization of the workplace.