The disingenuous regulations the dysadministration finalized last month under the guise of worker-friendliness will actually be a giveaway to business by disallowing millions of hours of overtime pay to workers annually. This is of particular concern to me as a physician, since my nurse colleagues stand to be particularly severely affected, their professional associations predict (and nurses are compelled to work many many hours of overtime in the current healthcare climate).

This AFL-CIO petition you can sign with one click will tell your senators to support the Harkin amendment opposing the Bush plan. The Senate vote is tomorrow, Tuesday, so click on the link now. The campaign is being spread by word of mouth only, so spread the word. Bush has threatened to veto legislation that would compromise his plan; forcing a high-profile veto will expose his worker-unfriendliness within months of the election. — Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO