Eric Cantor will propose Federal Law that Ends Overtime Pay for hourly workers

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80. The GOP Has Already Nearly Trashed The Fair Labor Standards Act.

For one they have weakened the overtime pay part of the act by abusing reclassification and salary. And they have weakened minimum pay by keeping it low. The most damaging thing they have done is severely compromised enforcement. Wage enforcement is under attack at the state level. The DOL I used to work for is a shell of its former self. And in red states in particular labor enforcement is probably nonexistent now. A lot of workers who used to work enforcement are retired, transferred or fired.

I see no really effective labor enforcement in a lot of areas. And in the near future the National Labor Relations Board will have not members when the last member's term expires. The GOP will not approve any new members. If their are no members there can be no decisions. And the board has not had a quorum in a very long time. Besides the court struck down Obama's recess appointments. And the court redefined recess in a way that gives the president only the days between Congresses. This year I believe their was NO recess between the 112th and 113th Congress.

If a GOPPER were to win the White House again God forbid, the GOP would change all the rules back again.

For all practical purposes employees have NO rights now and NO protections. Maybe Cantor can revive slavery.