Yesterday, the Biden Administration changed the lives of millions of Middle Class Americans with a change to the OVERTIME RULE. For years, companies have made employees work overtime for free by making them “management.”
But starting July 1, most workers making under $43,888 per year must receive overtime. And in 2025 that jumps to $58,656 (and will go up later based on inflation). That’s a huge leap from the Trump Administrations $35,568. It’s estimated that over 4 million salaried employees will now be eligible for overtime benefits because of this change by Biden.
And yet..CRICKETS.
It’s been hard to find in today’s news cycle or even on Daily Kos.
For too long, Democrats have done a poor job messaging blue collar workers. Watching a documentary about the good, OG Robert F. Kennedy, I was struck by how he balanced calls for African American rights, Latino farm workers with calls to improve the lives of (predominantly white) coal workers in West Virginia.
Along with all the wonderful policies Democrats tout, we can’t forget the middle class. And yet we have. Sadly, it’s part of the reason blue collar white voters flocked to Trump — at least he was talking to them. They’ve felt ignored and forgotten by the Dems.
But this...THIS is an issue that’s going to affect the pocketbooks of millions of blue collar workers. Too often we let Republicans dictate the national agenda. They think immigration gives them an advantage, so they scare it up in the press. Let’s make this a factor in the 2024 elections.
Because it’s a real difference making policy. An easy to understand wrong that Democrats are making right. Everyone understands getting overtime vs not getting it. Let’s show the press, the country and the blue collar workers we’ve so often neglected for too long exactly what JOE BIDEN and the Democrats are doing for them.