Tell Congress to Stop the Bush Overtime Pay Take-Away

Good news! The Senate has just passed the Harkin Amendment, prohibiting the Bush Administration from taking away the overtime rights of America's workers. But the fight isn't over yet. We must urge the House of Representatives to vote for the Senate amendment to stop the Bush overtime take-away. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD NOW!

They need to feel the heat! Please act today by sending a letter to Congress. (Feel free to add your own words to the letter below to personalize it with your own thoughts and feelings.)

Sample Letter for Campaign

Subject: Support a vote on the Harkin Amendment

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

I urge that you support a vote in the House on the Harkin amendment, which was just passed by the Senate and would prohibit the Bush Administration from eliminating overtime rights.

Overtime pay should be the right of every worker in America. Working families count on overtime pay for everyday needs like housing, food, transportation, health care and more. Without overtime pay these families will suffer a huge pay cut.

I hope that you will stand with the Senate and not side with corporate campaign contributors over working families--especially after so many thousands of people sent letters, e-mails, faxes or signed petitions opposing the Bush Administration's proposed pay cut .

I will use this issue and your actions to judge your commitment to working families. I urgently await your reply.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
May 04, 2004


Background Information

The Bush administration has announced it would finalize and issue new regulations to take away overtime pay from millions of America's workers. Now, the White House spin machine is working overtime to make this paycheck attack sound like a good thing for workers.

Don't be fooled!

George W. Bush is now the first president in U.S. history to rewrite the overtime eligibility rules to take away workers' overtime pay.

Already the Bush administration is feeling pressure. So they've launched an aggressive campaign to mislead the media and the American people about the overtime pay take-away.

Ignoring the protests of millions of working families and defying the wishes of Congress, President Bush moved forward with this pay cut.

In its own words, the Bush administration has said that only workers earning less than $23,660 a year would be guaranteed the right to overtime pay. Everybody earning more than that amount could be caught up in the range of other changes to eligibility rules that take away overtime pay. And workers earning less than that amount won't exactly be helped--many of them already get overtime pay!