AP: Bush administration to revise overtime plan

[Not Me]

Read: FLIP FLOP:

With an eye toward November's election, the Bush administration is revising its planned overhaul of the nation's overtime rules to reduce the paychecks of far fewer white-collar workers logging more than 40 hours a week.

The plan, to be previewed Tuesday by Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, also would make more white-collar, lower-income workers newly eligible for overtime, said Republican officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Police, firefighters and emergency medical technicians are identified as jobs that will not lose overtime eligibility.

Department spokesman Ed Frank did not return multiple messages seeking comment Monday.

The changes come at a time when jobs and pocketbook issues are among the top concerns for voters. President Bush has improved his standing in polls on domestic issues, but questions linger about the strength of the labor market and his plan to create jobs.

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/04/20/overtime/index.html

[napi21]

1. uh oh, they must have gotten a lot of mail!

Pi**ed off a lot more voters than the business owners it was going to get, huh?

[MallRat]

2. KERRY... SHOULD... HAMMER... THIS.

FLIP.
FLOP.

This is akin to a meatball right over the center of the plate. Kerry's people should pounce all over this.

:spank:

-MR

Edited to fix grammatical error: my 4th grade teacher should be proud.

[seabeyond]

4. bush.....bush bush

kerry says, shaking head and a little smile, you flip flop

yet..........i am glad to see you were able to see the error of your way. now lets look at your other mistakes........see if we cant fix those

[reprehensor]

3. I duped you on this, velly solly.

The shame.

[fryguy]

5. on a related topic

does anyone know what ever happened with the bush league's wacky proposal to boost manufacturing jobs by re-categorizing fast food workers as manufacturers? it was in an Idiots list a little while back, but never heard anymore. I can only assume (and hope) that it was dropped - unless they are also going to consider the increase in troops to Iraq as part of the re-vamping of federal job training...