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

[Moostache]

158. I am salaried and in management, so not apples-to-apples, BUT...

I have eaten over 100 hours of vacation time in the last 2 years AND have routinely worked 50-60 hour weeks. I am on an off-shift and company policy is to have a replacement available to "cover" your vacation hours or they can be denied. Just try finding people to "cover" the 4PM-2:30AM shift (or worse the 5PM - 5:30 AM weekend shift)...in some cases my manager covered some of the time, but in other cases the time off was simply denied.

I know that I COULD quit, but unfortunately such a move on my part would drastically impact my family and precipitate a move that my wife and kids are very much opposed to doing. If I work less hours, I will get passed by even more of the younger workers who are already putting in 70 hour weeks and getting promoted past my "slacking" 50 hour weeks.

There is simply no way in hell the idea of flex-time off will EVER work in a manufacturing environment - the excuse of "impacting productivity" is the ultimate trump card. Workers should be very afraid that scumbags like Cantor feel secure enough in their positions to even suggest this in public. It is very telling that something which would have made your political career toxic waste a generation ago now makes you a weird sort of hero to many on the right. Very scary stuff indeed...