If the US is not a third-world country, then why do they do so many third-world country things?
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A bit more of a de-developing country
And no, I don't have a stutter
Had a bit of an Elmer Fudd flashback 😂
How is it that a third world country Ike mine pays overtime pay to all employees who work beyond the standard 8 hour work day. 25% of the hourly rate is added to the hours of overtime, plus a night differential rate if you work past 11 pm. +30% if you have to do work during a holiday.
Not being paid for overtime work is very slavery to me.
The reasoning of the judge is because the companies will have to pay billions in OT pay. Fuck them.
We do get overtime pay, this rule was for a very specific segment of workers who were exempt. Being salaried and making under a certain amount. Hourly employees get time and a half for every hour past 40 in a week, federally.
The salaried exception floor hasn't been raised in forever, it needs to go way up.
It does!
It's worth noting that the minimum wage in Texas is the same as the federal minimum wage. Which is now, not enough to buy a meal at McDonald's after an hour.
What country? Do you offer political asylum to people fleeing dictatorial regimes?
Well we currently have the son of the former dictator as a president so there's that.
Does he seem like he's going to do better than his dad?
Sounds like the Philippines.
I assumed it was, but since the poster didn't mention it, I figured they might have their reasons to be vague.
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I hope everyone joined whatever gains unions had the last four years
B-b-b-but Democrats aren't aligned with the working class!
I mean this would only have applied to salaried employees earning $20/hr or less which I can't even imagine what type of field that covers since most hourly jobs earn more than that these days.
This is akin to the "pardoning marijuana possession convictions" thing where it didn't apply to a single person in federal custody and only benefitted 3,000 people (with past convictions) in the entire nation.
This is basically virtue signaling and/or table scraps for us peasants.
But you don't actually know how many people this would have applied to... you just assume, right?
Edit: It's right in the article: "The rule would have extended to approximately four million American workers, guaranteeing them overtime pay."
And a judge even blocked that. What do we think would happen to more substantial changes?
We'll probably never know because it would require them to actually make a substantial change first.
Try employing logic.
I'd much rather they fight some Texas federal judge over something meaningful than squander the political capital on something that benefits a tiny niche of the country and gets blocked anyway.
Just about the only meaningful thing we've seen over the last three Democratic presidential terms was the ACA and they decided to model that after a Republican healthcare plan rather than giving us the logical choice of single-payer in order to appease Republicans who voted against it anyway.
"Here's what it has achieved"
A list of money given to farmers, shipping companies, automakers, coal towns, energy companies, and anyone else responsible for all the pollution we currently face. It seems like they're being rewarded for their misdeeds.
Meanwhile oil and natural gas production is booming in the US to record rates: https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/wells/
This is exactly the type of shit that I'm talking about. It's just a bunch of virtue signaling while they funnel our tax dollars to wealthy corporations to be squandered away. You couldn't actually point to anything specific that came out of this because it's just a list of money doled out for abstract 'causes.' Even the author could only point to two specific examples, $120k to Eugene, OR to train people on brush removal after our wildfires and $118k for air monitoring equipment in a West Virginia town and that's two years after handing out nearly $400 billion. This reminds me of all the times Democratic presidents have given hundreds of billions of dollars to companies like Comcast and Spectrum for jack shit.
In January, it was going to jump to a minimum salary of 59k to be exempt.
If only this logic actually applied. Maybe they wouldn't make anti-trans laws in that shithole state?
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Obviously a little late for this administration, but could the next liberal admin try beating them to the punch on this? Are there no liberal friendly judicial districts? Have one of those file a weak lawsuit to uphold the law. Then that could at least be referenced when they attack in a red area.
The problem is there aren't enough actual liberals left in the DNC. The majority of the DNC is more than happy to screw over workers to the benefit of corporations. What resistance they provide is mostly performative, as their real priorities are dictated by what the large corporate donors are paying for.
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