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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (3861)	8/5/2003 7:19:30 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 10965

Kerry plans online overtime petition ______________________________________________ By Mike Glover, Associated Press, 8/4/2003 DES MOINES -- Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry plans an Internet-based petition drive that is intended to protest the Bush administration's proposal to tighten overtime pay standards. The Massachusetts senator will use a meeting today with labor activists to get the effort underway by putting the first signature on the protest petition on his campaign's website. In remarks prepared for delivery at the event, Kerry warns that as many as 8 million workers, including firefighters and police officers, could lose the ability to collect time-and-a-half pay for time they work beyond 40 hours a week. ''For more than 60 years, the 40-hour workweek and overtime pay have protected workers from exploitation and rewarded hard work,'' the text said. ''But under the radar screen, while everyone's attention was focused elsewhere, George Bush has launched a sneak attack on basic worker rights.'' Kerry was launching the petition drive after a private meeting with leaders of the largest union representing state workers, an important player in Democratic politics in the state where precinct caucuses will launch the presidential nominating season in January. This story ran on page A2 of the Boston Globe on 8/4/2003. boston.com