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Overtime win: Tell Bush to surrender; Urge president not to veto legislation that protect overtime

Oct. 3, 2003 - People power—union power, that is—beat corporate power yesterday when the U.S. House of Representatives voted 221-203 to oppose the Bush administration's overtime pay take-away. We won because hundreds of thousands of people spoke out. Since Bush announced his overtime pay attack, people like you have sent more than 1 million letters, faxes and e-mails opposing the overtime pay take-away.

Today, AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney called on President Bush to "withdraw his assault on overtime and withdraw his threat to veto any legislation that protects overtime."

You can do the same thing. Please take one minute right now to SEND A MESSAGE to President Bush by clicking on the link below. Tell him to surrender!

AFSCME Action Center http://capwiz.com/afscme/issues/alert/?alertid=3615036&type=CO

AFL-CIO PEOPLE-Powered Politics
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/bushcutsot

After you send your message to President Bush, please SPREAD THE WORD by forwarding this e-mail to friends, family and co-workers who might be interested. If we each reach out to at least 10 other people, we can make a big difference.

Or, click on the link below to tell your friends, family and co-workers.
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/bushcutsot/forward/

The Bush overtime pay take-away is also getting more scrutiny by the media. An editorial in "The Washington Post" this week called on the House to "vote to block" the overtime take-away, saying, "The [Bush] administration proposal tilts too far in the direction of employers." You already knew that, but as more people learn about the big changes in their work life that are coming if President Bush gets his way, our collective strength to beat back the Bush overtime pay attack grows.

What can we do now?

Please send your message to President Bush now.
http://capwiz.com/afscme/issues/alert/?alertid=3615036&type=CO
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/bushcutsot/

STICK TO THE 40-HOUR WEEK: Celebrate our victory—treat yourself to a "The Labor Movement: The Folks Who Brought You the Weekend" Bumper sticker. Order one now for $1.50 from The Union Shop Online by clicking on the link below.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/

Find out how U.S. Representatives voted today.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/

Read the AFL-CIO website news story
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/

Read the statement by AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/

Thanks for all you do.