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Click below to listen to the audio podcast: Labor Overtime Rule and the New Administration. http://dayinwashington.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Labor-Overtime-Rule-and-the-New-Administration_edit.mp3 The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) guarantees a minimum wage for 40 hours in a workweek and one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for any hours worked over that 40. But there are exceptions. In the past you had to make less than $23,660 to get that mandatory overtime pay. The Department of Labor published a rule on May 23, 2016 that increases that amount to $47,476. For people with disabilities who rely on personal assistance services, most of which are funded by Medicaid, this had immense consequences. The key component is money. Many people who provide those services would now fall within the purview of the rule and so would have to be paid time-and-a-half for their hours over 40. The American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR), an association of over 1000 agencies that often provide this kind of in-home service gave an estimate that this would add over $1 billion in costs for agencies serving those with disabilities in the first year alone. State Medicaid rates do not take into account overtime. In addition, in recent years, time and again, efforts have been made limit Medicaid. Block grants, per capita caps etc. Efforts to push the cost onto States and unfortunately States aren't or cannot pick up the difference. That means either workers are not paid adequately (which this rule's enforcement will address) or there is a decrease in quality (and amount) of services available to people with disabilities. For many, this makes the difference of whether they can live independently at all. Obviously, there was significant pushback from the disability community as well as agencies providing services, including Congressional hearings and legal action. The Overtime Final Rule became effective on December 1, 2016. However, the Department of Labor is implementing a limited non-enforcement policy for providers of Medicaid-funded services for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in residential homes and facilities with 15 or fewer beds. This non-enforcement period will last until March 17, 2019. The idea is to give agencies (like DOL and HHS) and federal and state agencies and policymakers to better coordinate and understand the potential unintended consequences and ensure that the lives of people with disabilities and their ability to live independently are not harmed. Of course, it isn't over. This is merely a delay of implementation. Also, on the legal front, on November 22, a federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction (State of Nevada v. United States Department of Labor (E.D. Tex., No. 4:16-CV-00731)). On December 8, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit granted the Department of Labor's request for an expedited hearing of its overtime rule appeal. Of course in judicial time expedited means that the case won't even be heard for several months, and it'll take even more time beyond that for the case itself. What that means is that the Trump Administration and Congress could choose to repeal the rule, or at the very least, direct the Department of Labor to drop its legal appeal. Resources USDOL Overtime Rule: https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/final2016/index.htm Time Limited Non-Enforcement Policy for a Subset of Medicaid-Funded Providers : https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/final2016/nonenforcement-faq.htm Federal Register Announcement for Non-Enforcement: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/05/23/2016-11753/defining-and-delimiting-the-exemptions-for-executive-administrative-professional-outside-sales-and

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If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month.On the fourth episode of our series on the history of the discipline of Cybernetics and its relationship to the labor movement, we continue our discussions on the work of W Ross Ashby with his creation of the first fully self regulating machine, the Homeostat. This machine and its systems for returning itself to equilibrium provide a theoretical analogy for looking at how organizations like a labor union respond to changes to their environment. Ashby's development of the concept of variety and the regulation of systems provides a different way of examining the problems of bureaucracy, ossification, and the incredible potential in realizing true democracy.  In our next episodes, we will be moving to the work of Stafford Beer and the development of Management Cybernetics and the direct relationship between Cybernetics and Socialism.Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month.One question that has arisen over and over in the history of revolutionary movements has been: what about the military? Does it make sense to try and organize soldiers, sailors, and airmen, especially if they come from working class backgrounds? Or is it a futile effort to try and break into such a hierarchical, rigid system? In this series, we'll examine some of the history of attempts to organize soldiers into unions both in the United States and in many other countries. For our first episode, we'll start with some attempts at union organizing in the US military in the immediate aftermath of the Vietnam War. We discuss what issues caused soldiers to dissent, how movements formed and disbanded, and what results, if any, were achieved by these groups. In future episodes, we'll look at US movements in the era of the all volunteer military, and expand the discussion to other militaries around the world.Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

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If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month.In the second part of our series on the decline of the US labor movement, we discuss the impact of business unionism in the 1970s and the 1980s. We dispel the commonly promoted image that Jimmy Carter was a friend of the working class, and cover some of the many anti-labor actions taken by his administration. We cover the Reagan years, the PATCO strike, and the rise of Neoliberalism. Finally we go over the development and spread of Lean Manufacturing and Just-In-Time Logistics, and how those methods of management have come to shape today's labor environment. Throughout, we show how the class collaborationist ideology of business unionism left the major US labor unions totally unprepared to deal with the assault by business in the 70s and 80s. In our last episode of the series, we will discuss some of the more recent developments in the 90s and 2000s, some myths and realities of our current labor climate, and what we need to change to rebuild a strong labor movement in the US.Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzXFollow the pod @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee.

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If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month.Episode 5 - Automation and AttritionEmerging from the 1950s having survived government crackdowns, receivership, and attempted raids by the AFL, the ILA was immediately confronted with a new existential threat: automation. The introduction of containerized cargo posed a greater threat to the profession of longshoring than any previously faced. Organizing on the Port of New York in the 1960s was dominated by the fight to keep the shipping companies from slashing the workforce to the bone. While the union still did not implement more democratic measures, the rank and file forced their voices to be heard loud and clear in some of the biggest strikes in the history of the US waterfront.Main sources for this series include: Reds or Rackets by Howard Kimeldorf, Strife on the Waterfront by Vernon Jensen, New York Longshoremen: Class and Power on the Docks by William Mello, and Mobsters, Unions, and Feds by James Jacobs. Clips from YouTube.Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month.In this new two-part Overtime series we will be discussing Peter Winn's fantastic labor history book, Weavers of Revolution: The Yarur Workers and Chile's Road to Socialism. The story of the workers at the Yarur cotton mill and their movement for worker control of the factory is rich with lessons for our struggles today. Though the Chilean Revolution was short lived, it was full of experimentation with different forms of worker control of the means of production. In this first episode, we get into the background history of the Yarur mill and the decades of struggle by the workers there for an independent union. We discuss the different class forces in play in Chile during this period and how Allende's Popular Unity government tried to maintain a balance of these forces to allow them to advance their program of a transition to socialism. In the second part we will cover the seizure of the mill by the workers, the response from the state, and the fate of the workers' movement in the wake of Pinochet's coup.Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

It could be a long summer for Illinois lawmakers if they don't act on the governor's budget That's the warning from Governor Rauner himself.... Lawmakers had been cruising toward adjournment but Rauner -- in an op-ed in the Springfield State Journal Register -- says the General Assembly's still not acted on his turn-around plan or any other substantial bill dealing with the state's financial crisis. He blames the \entrenched old guard\ and \powerful special interests.\ Because lawmaker's haven't acted, Rauner will introduce six bills Friday. Among them are measures to make workers’ compensation insurance less expensive, freeze property taxes and impose term limits. He also wants to make it tougher for corporations to be sued in Illinois. Not included is a measure to create right-to-work zones where union membership would be voluntary. The General Assembly's scheduled to adjourn on May 31. Rauner says if lawmakers're willing to reform how the state does business...they'll find an eager partner in him. If not... in his words... \they should expect a very long extra session. In his op-ed, he says it's time to focus on what's really going on and what must change now...adding that the public understands that ... but it appears elected leaders do not. I'm Steve Grzanich on Rivet.

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The Maple Grove boys soccer team moved into the top spot in the class AAA rankings this week. The Crimson survived a tough challenge at Centennial Tuesday, beating the Cougars 3-2 in overtime. Chris Frantz scored all three goals for Maple Grove, the first two on penalty kicks. Maple Grove is now 11-0 this season. http://www.ccxmedia.org http://twitter.com/ccxsports http://twitter.com/ccxnews https://www.facebook.com/ccxmedia.org/ CCX Media is on Comcast Xfinity in the Northwest Suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.

http://www.ccxmedia.org http://twitter.com/ccxsports http://twitter.com/ccxnews https://www.facebook.com/ccxmedia.org/ CCX Media is on Comcast Xfinity in the Northwest Suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.

Last year after several decades of effort, New York gave farmworkers labor rights similar to other workers. The state is now studying whether the threshold for receiving overtime pay should be reduced from 60 hours to 40 hours. We talk to Deidre Cornell of Rural and Migrant Ministries. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

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In our work, you can't count on OT to supplement your wage. Yet every year workers in certain jobs know that OT is part of the job and will happen like clockwork. Our collective speaks to equalization of the distribution of OT. Every year it fails to deliver. Lets talk about why. Lets also talk about why OT can be a problem in the bigger picture when it comes to full time staffing.

Syracuse Men's Soccer finally took the field after its first two contests were cancelled, but unfortunately for SU it was not the homecoming it was looking for, falling to No. 2 Pitt 3-2. CitrusTV's Noah Cierzan reports on how the team is feeling coming out of their first contest.

Syracuse Ice Hockey won an overtime thriller against Robert Morris on Friday, 3-2.

Syracuse men's lacrosse team dropped its third straight game to a ranked opponent on Saturday, as the Orange (3-3, 0-2 ACC) fell to Duke (5-1, 1-0 ACC) in an overtime thriller, 14-13. The Orange had a four-goal lead two separate times in the game, but ultimately couldn't overcome a six-goal scoring run from the Blue Devils in the third quarter. Hear from Syracuse head coach Gary Gait and Duke head coach John Danowski in this postgame report from Peter Elliott (@PElliottSports) one of CitrusTV's men's lacrosse beat reporters. Reported and Edited: Peter Elliott Photographer: Nick Luttrell

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The Blackest Night falls from the skies, The darkness grows as all light dies, We crave your hearts and your demise, By my black hand--The dead shall rise! Join us as we talk about comic books :D

The Blackest Night falls from the skies, The darkness grows as all light dies, We crave your hearts and your demise, By my black hand--The dead shall rise! Join us as we talk about comic books :D

The Robbinsdale-Hopkins-Mound-Westonka Robins CI division adapted floor hockey team won an overtime thriller Wednesday, beating Minnetonka-Wayzata 11-10. The Robins led 4-3 after the first period, but the Lakers scored five goals in the second period to take an 8-6 lead after two. The Robins netted four goals in the third and the teams were tied 10-10 at the end of regulation. Kishore Subendran scored the game-winner for the Robins. Website - http://www.ccxmedia.org Twitter - http://twitter.com/ccxnews Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ccxmedia.org/ CCX Media is on Comcast Xfinity in the Northwest Suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.

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