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Fri Dec-02-11 03:36 PM
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| 43. Oh crap, look at what someone entered on her Wikipedia bio! |
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"Kay Ruthven Hagan ( /ˈheɪɡən/; born May 26, 1953) is the junior United States Senator from North Carolina and a member of the Democratic Party. She hates computers and those who make their living supporting them. Previously, she was in the North Carolina Senate." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Hagan |
| -Bill would end overtime pay requirement for many more IT workers |
jayfish |
Dec-02-11 11:47 AM |
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Kay needs to be replaced... |
midnight |
Dec-02-11 11:50 AM |
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A lot of them do. Then, when they are out looking for jobs |
davidwparker |
Dec-02-11 12:24 PM |
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A bipartisan effort to keep all the winnings for themselves.. |
midnight |
Dec-02-11 02:41 PM |
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IT workers can shutdown the world if they wanted to. |
Blaq Dem |
Dec-03-11 01:27 PM |
#129 |
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You sir are an optomist |
Big_Mike |
Dec-03-11 01:32 PM |
#130 |
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I agree - Kay Hagan should not be called a Democrat |
slay |
Dec-02-11 02:57 PM |
#36 |
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A good Democrat does not attack the right to overtime |
Gman |
Dec-02-11 04:05 PM |
#52 |
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How many good democrats... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Dec-02-11 05:29 PM |
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maybe |
frylock |
Dec-02-11 06:43 PM |
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Haven't seen one stance yet from this woman that resembled a Democrat. n/t |
ProfessionalLeftist |
Dec-02-11 06:53 PM |
#92 |
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Hagen is the 1% |
Bluenorthwest |
Dec-03-11 07:16 AM |
#113 |
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Most IT jobs don't pay overtime... |
bcool |
Dec-02-11 11:51 AM |
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IT workers who are paid with an annual salary don't get overtime, but... |
Eric J in MN |
Dec-02-11 11:58 AM |
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Being eligible for overtime pay has little to do with how your employer pays you. |
jayfish |
Dec-02-11 12:45 PM |
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In this case, it actually does |
jeff47 |
Dec-02-11 05:08 PM |
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I have been paid overtime in ZERO salaried positions... |
DWilliamsamh |
Dec-02-11 08:40 PM |
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+10000 |
geardaddy |
Dec-02-11 03:28 PM |
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I think this law would affect me, I would lose overtime pay... |
limpyhobbler |
Dec-02-11 04:00 PM |
#47 |
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My husband has worked in IT for over 30 years |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-02-11 04:11 PM |
#56 |
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Any employee that is FLSA exempt can request an audit from the DOL |
Major Nikon |
Dec-02-11 05:08 PM |
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interesting |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-02-11 05:12 PM |
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my husband is a programmer and has always been paid overtime |
pitohui |
Dec-02-11 06:06 PM |
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My husband is a database administrator |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-03-11 09:16 AM |
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started in 1991 |
Samba |
Dec-02-11 08:01 PM |
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"Despite the lack of specific education, professional certifications etc."? |
boppers |
Dec-02-11 10:49 PM |
#108 |
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The way the system seems to work now... |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-03-11 09:10 AM |
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That is downright sickening. |
Enthusiast |
Dec-03-11 09:36 AM |
#120 |
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If they are SALARIED workers you are right |
DWilliamsamh |
Dec-02-11 08:35 PM |
#102 |
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I just posted about this...many IT jobs... |
CoffeeCat |
Dec-02-11 10:56 PM |
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Broken link. |
uberblonde |
Dec-02-11 11:52 AM |
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Fixed. -NT- |
jayfish |
Dec-02-11 11:57 AM |
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Overtime pay, in IT? Since when? |
tridim |
Dec-02-11 11:55 AM |
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I used to get it, a long time ago. I believe the rules changed in about 1996. |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-11 12:17 PM |
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"Maybe this new BS will help get IT professionals to finally unionize." |
MilesColtrane |
Dec-02-11 03:04 PM |
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Unionizing geeks isn't going to happen |
jeff47 |
Dec-02-11 05:14 PM |
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I don't think it's Objectivism, so much as libertarian-ism. |
boppers |
Dec-02-11 10:53 PM |
#109 |
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my husband gets overtime as a programmer |
pitohui |
Dec-02-11 06:08 PM |
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I am in IT |
AldebTX |
Dec-02-11 12:02 PM |
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Your employer choosing not to pay you for overtime does not make you an exempt employee. |
jayfish |
Dec-02-11 01:21 PM |
#23 |
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Many are |
Major Nikon |
Dec-02-11 05:09 PM |
#68 |
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well a lot of computer guys have poor negotiating/social skills |
pitohui |
Dec-02-11 06:12 PM |
#88 |
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Are you salaried? |
Xithras |
Dec-02-11 03:55 PM |
#45 |
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wall-mart got busted for that |
ThomThom |
Dec-02-11 05:33 PM |
#74 |
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They have exempt and non-exempt salaried employees |
socialindependocrat |
Dec-03-11 08:06 AM |
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Hagan's a Democrat... |
Davis_X_Machina |
Dec-02-11 12:13 PM |
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Excellent way to make workers into wage slaves and increase unemployment. |
toddwv |
Dec-02-11 12:14 PM |
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this Government is ANTI WORKER |
lovuian |
Dec-02-11 12:17 PM |
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We're a majoritarian system... |
Davis_X_Machina |
Dec-02-11 12:23 PM |
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That is an enormous simplification of the current state of affairs. |
Muskypundit |
Dec-02-11 12:38 PM |
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This is a cop-out. |
Davis_X_Machina |
Dec-02-11 01:04 PM |
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Right -- public wants to get rid of the Post Office -- ???? ROFL |
defendandprotect |
Dec-02-11 05:39 PM |
#77 |
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Exactly. For decades, since Reagan, the right has been fucking up the economy |
RaleighNCDUer |
Dec-02-11 03:56 PM |
#46 |
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+1000% --- "left/liberal nation, in grips of a right/fascist oligarchy which owns the media" -- |
defendandprotect |
Dec-02-11 05:41 PM |
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+ a brazillion! |
Enthusiast |
Dec-03-11 09:41 AM |
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How much a person gets to talk to a politician depends on the size of the donation. |
Eric J in MN |
Dec-02-11 12:44 PM |
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If you put 40,000 persons in their district office, they'd listen. |
Davis_X_Machina |
Dec-02-11 01:01 PM |
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If you put 40k in their district office they'd pepper spray them then arrest. |
zogofzorkon |
Dec-02-11 01:26 PM |
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No city in America could do that, not even New York. |
Davis_X_Machina |
Dec-03-11 01:17 PM |
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Have you noticed at all that since Nixon's regime the object is to deceive and destroy elections . . |
defendandprotect |
Dec-02-11 05:44 PM |
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Al Gore |
sulphurdunn |
Dec-02-11 05:47 PM |
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300,000,000 million American... |
Davis_X_Machina |
Dec-03-11 01:12 PM |
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I don't think so. |
sulphurdunn |
Dec-03-11 02:16 PM |
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I doubt that Senator Hagan ran on a platform of cutting overtime pay for IT workers |
limpyhobbler |
Dec-02-11 04:10 PM |
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I would make a very similar guess. |
Maineman |
Dec-02-11 04:39 PM |
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You think we have "free elections" --- ???? ROFL |
defendandprotect |
Dec-02-11 05:36 PM |
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Absolutely right. |
Go2Peace |
Dec-02-11 08:03 PM |
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Theft, on any scale.... |
Davis_X_Machina |
Dec-03-11 01:15 PM |
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I don't believe that anymore. There is little "Representation" left |
Go2Peace |
Dec-02-11 08:02 PM |
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Wonderful response. " You pretend to pay us and we pretend to work" |
midnight |
Dec-02-11 02:38 PM |
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We need a huge slow down by workers -- all together -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Dec-02-11 05:46 PM |
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There are four co-sponsors to the bill, three of them are Republicans |
apnu |
Dec-02-11 12:44 PM |
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Michael Bennet CO - D? |
paulk |
Dec-02-11 02:43 PM |
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That was a big WTF for me too. |
Autumn |
Dec-02-11 05:48 PM |
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there is nothing, absolutely nothing |
paulk |
Dec-02-11 07:57 PM |
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hmmm..... sad -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Dec-02-11 09:04 PM |
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It seems congress has no problems cutting wages for hourly workers |
Angry Dragon |
Dec-02-11 12:50 PM |
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''.....and it was put forth by a Democrat.'' |
DeSwiss |
Dec-02-11 12:58 PM |
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She's from NC which has Charlotte - one of the biggest banking cities |
dballance |
Dec-02-11 01:19 PM |
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...and Research Triangle Park! n/t |
pkdu |
Dec-02-11 05:28 PM |
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IT workers have been everybody's favorite whipping boys/girls for the past 10 years. nt |
stevenleser |
Dec-02-11 02:03 PM |
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yeah we put you in the exec class so u can work MORE for LESS |
katty |
Dec-02-11 02:03 PM |
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Screwing IT AGAIN |
nahant |
Dec-02-11 02:06 PM |
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No doubt, she probably represents ... |
aggiesal |
Dec-02-11 02:06 PM |
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Kay Hagan is a Senator, and so she represents all of NC. (NT) |
Eric J in MN |
Dec-02-11 02:28 PM |
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Oooops, my bad, ... |
aggiesal |
Dec-03-11 11:34 AM |
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India and China...here we come! |
SoapBox |
Dec-02-11 02:13 PM |
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Isn't it great to finally see bipartisan efforts from the Senate? |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-02-11 02:31 PM |
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What the heck? Why should anyone who is not salaried be exempt from OT pay? |
AllyCat |
Dec-02-11 02:41 PM |
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They need to strengthen, not weaken worker protections |
quakerboy |
Dec-02-11 02:48 PM |
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A bi-partisan effort to cut the income of IT workers but no bi-partisan effort to make it easier for |
Citizen Worker |
Dec-02-11 03:10 PM |
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A bi-partisan effort to cut the income of IT workers but no bi-partisan effort to make it easier for |
Citizen Worker |
Dec-02-11 03:10 PM |
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They are underpaid as it is |
socialindependocrat |
Dec-02-11 03:15 PM |
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WTF! n/t |
Hotler |
Dec-02-11 03:22 PM |
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I can't believe this. What is the ultimate goal, |
jimmydwight |
Dec-02-11 03:25 PM |
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Oh crap, look at what someone entered on her Wikipedia bio! |
wxgeek7 |
Dec-02-11 03:36 PM |
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that's hilarious n/t |
MrsBrady |
Dec-02-11 03:46 PM |
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It's after 5 pm ET and it is still there! |
BumRushDaShow |
Dec-02-11 04:04 PM |
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the truth should stay there!! what a crap dem |
lunasun |
Dec-02-11 08:47 PM |
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Ain't that the truth! |
RoccoR5955 |
Dec-02-11 04:50 PM |
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Ain't that the truth! |
RoccoR5955 |
Dec-02-11 04:50 PM |
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With "friends" like this, who needs enemies? n/t |
OhioChick |
Dec-02-11 04:02 PM |
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Don't fuck with the people who handle your food and database security |
inademv |
Dec-02-11 04:03 PM |
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I would expect Walmart would reclassify all their employees |
Gman |
Dec-02-11 04:03 PM |
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I haven't seen an hourly IT job in years. |
Recursion |
Dec-02-11 04:09 PM |
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Our government just keeps walking backwards. |
gtar100 |
Dec-02-11 04:09 PM |
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There are contracting shops (like Collabera) |
catrose |
Dec-02-11 04:37 PM |
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How long before they make almost every occupation exempt? |
Hugabear |
Dec-02-11 04:43 PM |
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Another giveaway to the rich........... |
Swede Atlanta |
Dec-02-11 04:45 PM |
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I wouldn't count on it |
47of74 |
Dec-02-11 06:28 PM |
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Did he ever really have a spine? nt. |
Fokker Trip |
Dec-03-11 06:13 AM |
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Figures it comes from someone in a Right to Work for LESS State! |
RoccoR5955 |
Dec-02-11 04:46 PM |
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Let's find out if she has accepted campaign contributions from Microsoft, for starters |
Missy Vixen |
Dec-02-11 04:49 PM |
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The assault on workers continues |
mokawanis |
Dec-02-11 04:50 PM |
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Everyone needs to wake up... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Dec-02-11 05:32 PM |
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WTF????? |
goforit |
Dec-02-11 05:37 PM |
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That the great thing about Congress these days. |
Turbineguy |
Dec-02-11 05:57 PM |
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oh hell -- tell me again why there shouldn't be a move to clean OUT Congress? |
Donnachaidh |
Dec-02-11 06:03 PM |
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Just called one of her staffers in DC. |
mwooldri |
Dec-02-11 06:05 PM |
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I'll help get her out! Damn! Republican Light!! |
Duval |
Dec-02-11 06:44 PM |
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Unacceptable. This is sorta like "pepper spraying" workers. |
DaveJ |
Dec-02-11 06:54 PM |
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I worked IT from 1974 to 2010, both salaried and hourly, and I never got overtime. |
MgtPA |
Dec-02-11 07:16 PM |
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You got taken. |
Go2Peace |
Dec-02-11 08:14 PM |
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workers of the 22'nd century, of all colors, replace the black slaves of the |
MarkCharles |
Dec-02-11 07:46 PM |
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A so called Democrat did this or is trying to end workers rights |
INdemo |
Dec-02-11 08:15 PM |
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She's from NC..... |
ingac70 |
Dec-03-11 09:36 AM |
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There are many variables |
klook |
Dec-02-11 10:18 PM |
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This may be why this is happening... |
CoffeeCat |
Dec-02-11 10:46 PM |
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I've been in IT since 1970, as a tech, instructor and analyst and |
Synicus Maximus |
Dec-02-11 11:01 PM |
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Note also more Indian and Chinese are being brought in---they will work long hours and get no |
McCamy Taylor |
Dec-03-11 07:40 AM |
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I'm in IT and Exempt so nothing changes for me. |
TNLib |
Dec-03-11 08:51 AM |
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K & R !!! |
WillyT |
Dec-03-11 09:37 AM |
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I, for one, am outraged for the Indian people! |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Dec-03-11 09:55 AM |
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Funny story |
Hamlette |
Dec-03-11 11:09 AM |
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Where's the "funny?" |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Dec-03-11 04:25 PM |
#132 |
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Thank you Kay Hagan |
The Gunslinger |
Dec-05-11 11:18 AM |
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