Subject: Hillary Clinton Statement on New Department of Labor Overtime Rules
From: Hillary for America Press <[email-masked]>
To: Hillary for America Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 08:56:39 -0400
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*Hillary Clinton Statement on New Department of Labor Overtime Rules *

*Today, in response to final overtime rules released by the Department of
Labor guaranteeing overtime to workers who earn up to $913 a week or
$47,476 over a year—more than double the previous threshold of $455 a
week—Hillary Clinton issued the following statement:*

"I applaud President Obama and Secretary of Labor Perez for these final
overtime rules, which will lift up workers nationwide and help get incomes
rising again for working families. Within the first year these rules are in
effect, millions more workers will be eligible for overtime, finally
getting paid in full for the hours they are putting in on the job.

"But we have more work to do. No one who works 40 hours a week should have
to raise a family in poverty. No one should have their fundamental rights
to organize and bargain collectively stripped away by Republicans and their
corporate allies. That’s why we need to raise the federal minimum wage back
to the highest it’s ever been in this country and make sure it keeps rising
over time, protect workers’ rights and safety on the job, and restore the
basic bargain that built America’s mighty middle class—that if you work
hard and play by the rules, you can get ahead and stay ahead."

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For Immediate Release, May 18, 2016
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