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EricCantoronFacebook https://www.dailykos.com/news/EricCantoronFacebook News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:42:37 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:42:37 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Eric Cantor will propose Federal Law that Ends Overtime Pay for hourly workers https://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/2/25/1189635/-Eric-Cantor-will-propose-Federal-Law-that-Ends-Overtime-Pay-for-hourly-workers      In <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/05/full-text-eric-cantors-make-life-work-speech/">Eric Cantor's February 2013 speech</a>, he said he wanted to propose Federal Law that would end overtime pay for hourly workers.  Currently, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, mandates that certain workers get paid "time + 1/2" for overtime work.  Eric Cantor wants to eliminate that law.  Because -- ya know -- workers not getting paid for overtime hours worked out so good for workers before FDR enacted that Law.      Eric Cantor's "end of overtime pay for workers" that he talked about in his February speech was overshadowed, in part, by the public whining Cantor did bitching that 'Obama gave his speech at the same time as me ... wah, wah, wah.'      In this week's New Yorker Magazine, Ryan Lizza wrote an excellent article titled: "Can Eric Cantor, the Republican Majority Leader, redeem his party and himself?" in which Lizza reminded readers that Eric Cantor wants to end the Federal law that mandates certain workers get paid overtime for the extra hours they labor. From the <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/03/04/130304fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all">New Yorker Magazine</a>: (page 12) <blockquote>Can Eric Cantor, the Republican Majority Leader, redeem his party and himself? (page 13) Cantor spoke about school choice, tax reform, expanding visas. After the speech, he rode back to the Capitol and met privately with House Republicans to discuss one of the policies he had emphasized: a policy that would allow workers to convert overtime compensation into time off. “I gave a talk today about helping people and about finally focussing on legislation that has understandable benefits right away,” Cantor said. He explained that it would help parents who wanted to go on a field trip or attend a teacher conference. “What I want to see is how we can communicate this, communicate the benefit. How are we going to build a coalition and get it done?” </blockquote> First, the Republicans tried to do this very same thing in 2003 in a House Bill: <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/hr1119">HR 1119 "Family Time Flexibility Act</a>" (isn't that a cute title for a bill that will end overtime pay for hourly working moms and dads) rss@dailykos.com (TeamSarah4Choice) 2013Politics employmentlaws EricCantor EricCantorEndFLSA EricCantorendovertimeforhourlyworkers EricCantorNewYorkerMagazine EricCantoronFacebook EricCantoronTwitter Labor Recommended Right To Work RightToWork SouthCarolina Unions _1189635 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:48:59 +0000