Overtime rules pass House

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New overtime rules have passed the house and will now go to the Senate for a vote.

http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jul/07112003/business/74387.asp

I haven't seen any coverage on this either..and I've been watching for it as well...seems like the media would be ALL over this,seeing how it will impact SO many..can we say sneaky tactics?As if we all don't have enough family/financial burdens this day and time...I'm afraid if this goes into effect it will be the 'Straw that breaks our AMERICAN BACKS'

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HR 2665 Overtime Compensation Protection Act of 2003

Introduction Date 7/8/2003

Co-Sponsors 13

Chamber House

Bill Number 108HR2665

Summary HR 2665 would protect nurses and other workers currently eligible to receive overtime pay from changes that would be imposed by new proposed Department of Labor (DOL) regulations. The DOL announced the proposed regulations, which would allow thousands of white-collar workers, including nurses, to lose their eligibility for overtime pay, earlier this year. According to one study, the number is almost eight million workers would lose their overtime eligibility under the proposal.

So, the house passed HR 2660, which is now HR 2665 (?)going to the senate as S317:confused:

Confusing isnt it? The ORIGINAL bill that calls for the elimination of OT pay eligibility for many is in the Senate under the title S 317. Its got lots of rule changes in it - one one of them is the OT pay issue. Thats the issue everybody is objecting to. There was an amendment in the House to deal with that one issue & keep the current OT pay rules intact, but the Congressman rejected it & will allow the elimination of OT pay to stand in the original bill. The Senate still has the whole original bill to vote on. Hopefully they will OPPOSE S 317 - until a similar amendment as came before the House is proposed in the Senate. And then hopefully, unlike the House, the Senate will approve that amedment to keep OT pay in the original bill---- and hopefully Bush wont veto them.

Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Glascow and colleagues:

Hope you are reading or have read:

Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public

by Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon

It " is the first comprehensive guide to give nurses the information and encouragement they need to make their important work recognized and respected by the public."

Website: http://www.silencetovoice.com

Look at their website under "Tell the World What You Do!" http://silencetovoice.com/narratives.html and how "A Narrative Makeover" makes all the differrence in getting your message across.

I had the opportunity to hear Suzzane Gordon speak this past April at a PASNAP event and will be meeting Bernice at PSNA 's 100th anniversery celebration on Saturday, October 18, 2003. Restating our meesage in terms the public can understand makes ALL the difference. Please read this book to understand how to effectively communicate the essence of NURSING and the difference we make in people's lives.

What I want to know is how is the ANA getting involved to advocate for the nurses????????????

Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

ana's invovlement in the ot bill issue was previously posted here:

in thread 22 here:

https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=485677#post485677

what else has ana been doing???? look here:

nurse leaders take action on range of workplace and patient care issues at ana's house of delegates

7/11/03

nurse leaders representing the american nurses association's 54 constituent member associations set policy on a range of issues important to the profession, including protecting the rights of nurses, supporting the critical role of public health nurses and the public health system and promoting ana's role in shaping the current debate on health care system reform to ensure access to care for all.

http://www.ana.org/pressrel/2003/pr0708.htm

ana ceo stierle highlights ana accomplishments in hod address

7/10/03

ana ceo linda stierle, msn, rn, cnaa,bc, highlighted ana's many accomplishments in her annual address to the house of delegates and urged delegates to pass the bylaws proposals in order for ana to be "the house of nursing."

http://www.ana.org/about/hod03/stierle.htm

ana house of delegates approves new structure to better meet the needs of nation's nurses

7/01/03

a landmark restructuring of the american nurses association (ana) will allow the organization to be more inclusive and better meet the needs of all nurses. overwhelmingly passed at the june 25-27 ana house of delegates (hod), the bylaws amendments create new membership categories that provide alternative pathways for organizations and individuals to connect with ana.

http://nursingworld.org/pressrel/2003/pr0630.htm

ana government affairs: http://www.ana.org/gova/

federal advocacy

http://vocusgr.vocus.com/grconvert1/webpub/ana/multihome.asp?xsl=home&pubtypelist=federal+center;federal+asset

state advocacy

http://www.ana.org/gova/state.htm

2002 ana ceo 's stakeholder report:

http://nursingworld.org/about/lately/stkhld02.pdf

nursing's agenda for the future

nursing profession unveils strategic plan to ensure safe, quality patient care and address root causes of growing shortage nursing's agenda for the future calls for broad support from other stakeholders

http://nursingworld.org/naf/

2003 press releases from

the american nurses association

http://www.ana.org/pressrel/2003/index.htm

NRSKaren,

The book I am reading is Silence to Voice, I had a mental block when I was typing the name of the book. I've actually had it several months and have been studying it!

Originally posted by NRSKarenRN

Glascow:

Hope you are reading:

Glascow and colleagues:

Hope you are reading or have read:

Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public

by Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon

It " is the first comprehensive guide to give nurses the information and encouragement they need to make their important work recognized and respected by the public."

Website:

I will look forward to reading that book soon. I do agree that we do not communicate to the public what we really do. And it is up to us to do what we do best-educate and teach-so that the public, and the politicians, start taking our profession seriously.

Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

The Bush administration's proposed new rules on overtime pay raise many uncertainties about just who should be entitled to extra wages for extra work.

AP/The Tennessean, July 13, 2003

http://www.tennessean.com/business/archives/03/07/35878551.shtml?Element_ID=35878551

I have an idea that may or may not help us in this fight. I watch a program on MSNBC called Scarborough (spelling uncertain)) Country and this man, Joe Scarborough is pure dynamite. You can email him at [email protected] This is the man that got Danny Glover fired from MCI because he found out that Glover openly supported Castro. Please check your channels, watch his show and then I say we all email him and ask him to support us in this fight. Yes, he is a repubican but I have seen him rip other repubicans to shreds for not doing the right thing. If we could get him to understand the full plight of nurses and get behind us, in light of the already current shortage, I bet our voices would be heard. If you don't want to watch the show, just email him your feelings. He used to be in Congress and knows how they work. I am constantly floored by his ability to get things done. He is a real butt kicker and I think if enough of us wrote to him, maybe he would listen. It cannot hurt. Just a thought. I am going to email him right now. Duckie

Originally posted by NRSKarenRN

The Bush administration's proposed new rules on overtime pay raise many uncertainties about just who should be entitled to extra wages for extra work.

At least the word is getting out. I talk to everybody I meet about this, ask them if they know about it and direct them to appropriate media resources so that they can see for themselves.

I'd still like to know why the national media doesn't seem interested in this, or interested in this yet? Not juicy enough for them?

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