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The Big Three’s Labor Shortages
The only way the UAW’s strategy of rejecting voluntary overtime can work is if Ford, GM, and Stellantis lack enough workers to make cars.
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Biden Administration Seeks to Expand Overtime Pay to Millions of U.S. Workers
If you earn less than $55,000 a year and work more than 40 hours a week, you could be eligible for time and a half.
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Several States Are Taking the Lead on Restoring Overtime Pay
A patchwork of different rules decide which workers earn time and a half around the country.
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Will the Biden Administration Deliver on Overtime Pay?
The Labor Department is readying a rule that could allow millions more Americans to earn additional wages.
Posted inWorking in America
How Farmworkers Are Organizing to Close the Wage Gap
Agricultural workers in New York just formed the state’s first farmworker union, but a new law guaranteeing overtime protections and organizing rights has been delayed.
Posted inTAP
Washington (the State, Not the Feds) Raises Overtime Pay
Today on TAP: Once again, Washington leads with worker-friendly state laws
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Trump to Keep Millions of Workers from Getting Overtime Pay
Obama’s regulations said workers with incomes up to $55,000 could qualify. Trump’s new regs reportedly will reduce that to $35,000.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Gutting Health Care Not Enough? Trump Moves to Undercut Overtime for Millions
As a thank you to his working-class supporters, the billionaire takes the next step toward eviscerating the Obama-era overtime expansion.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The GOP’s Overtime Reform Plan: Fraud Masquerading as Flexibility
With Obama’s landmark overtime expansion blocked in the courts, conservatives roll out a plan that would undo overtime pay as we know it.