That SOB is trying to change the law to prevent

[malaise]

workers from taking 'intermittent leave'. Fuck George Bush! Never have I seen anyone so unpopular try to shove his agenda down the throats of the workers of American.

Fuck you George - you dumbass war criminal - pro corporation, and anti-people monster. You're history and everything you change will be unchanged. Yeh fuck you!! I hope you and yours suffer for the rest of your days.

add word.

[aquart]

1. If ever a man deserved the title "enemy agent," it's George.

[Sebass1271]

2. when? now? where is the news? everything now

is the governor from IL

[malaise]

4. Heard this on GM$NBC a short while ago

Here's a snip about this one.
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/14052/
<snip>
The Bush “midnight rules” include:

Family and Medical Leave
Bush’s rules, at business behest, would make it harder for workers to take intermittent leave for such things as doctors’ appointments. They would also require workers with “chronic conditions” to more frequently give firms advance notice--and get approval--for taking leave. Bush would also make it harder or a worker to take paid vacation or personal leave for family issues. And Bush would let firms snoop and spy into workers’ medical records, by allowing companies to demand them of workers’ doctors. Right now, the records are only shared among doctors.

Bush’s “11th-hour move to weaken the Family and Medical Leave Act is another slap in the face to working families struggling just to get by,” AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney said. He called it “reprehensible, but all too predictable” that Bush “would use his last days to give big business one more gift by placing more hurdles in front of workers who need to care for their families.”

“The new FMLA regulations for workers take us in the wrong direction, and are harmful and unnecessary. They will restrict access to protections workers relied on for 15 years,” added Debra Ness of the National Partnership for Women and Families.

The National Women’s Law Center hosted a conference call on Nov. 19 among women’s groups, including the Coalition of Labor Union Women and NPWF, to discuss Bush’s changes. “We’re still considering all of our options, and talking to our allies,” including unions, about what to do, said Sharyn Tejani, NPWF’s senior policy counsel.
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Is there anything this SOB won't give corporations against ordinary people?

[tcfrogs]

3. Huh? Link? n/t

[Olney Blue]

5. I'm beginning to think that you don't like Bush, malaise.

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[malaise]

6. Heheehhehehe

Yah think? :rofl:

[specimenfred1984]

7. Watch these war crimes and you won't either

http://torturingdemocracy.org/

[annabanana]

8. Your BOSS would be able to rifle your MEDICAL RECORDS??!!

Absolutely fuckin' astounding.... How could this stand, especially in light of HIPAA rules?

[robinlynne]

17. scary!

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. What a crazy world. They're allowed to crap on people of modest means,

while it's impossible to touch the wealthy.

[pleah]

10. K&R!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Links about Bush weakening the FMLA

http://www.ilcaonline.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/68569

http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/4407/

Bush Changes to Employee Leave among First Midnight Rules

The Department of Labor has finalized a new rule that will affect the way workers take medical and family leave. It is among the first of many rules the Bush administration is expected to cement in the coming weeks.

The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year to care for themselves or a family member without risking their pay, benefits, or position. The Department of Labor estimates 7 million workers took FMLA leave a combined 10.5 million times in 2007.

The rule, published in the Federal Register Nov. 17, will make it more difficult for employees to use paid leave when taking FMLA leave. Because FMLA leave is unpaid, employees often attempt to use paid leave, such as paid vacation time, to avoid disruptions in their pay.

Other changes require workers to provide greater advance notice of FMLA leave claims and give employers more time to respond. The changes require employees to give advanced notice in a way that "compl with the employer's usual procedures for calling in and requesting leave, except where unusual circumstances exist." Employers will be able to delay or deny FMLA leave claims if the employee does not comply. The rule also gives employers five days to respond to leave claims. Currently, employers must respond within two days.
<snip>

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/11/14/new-bush-rules-narrow-family-leave-for-workers/

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/11/12/last-minute-bush-push-threatens-safety-family-leave-environmental-rules/

http://www.pww.org/article/view/14052

http://www.canow.org/canoworg/2008/11/lastminute-bush-change-targets-family-and-medical-leave.html

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6DA1E3CF933A0575BC0A967958260

<snip>
The Republican Administrations of the last decade have been long on lip service to family values but short on delivery. In June, President Bush vetoed the Family Leave Act, which is similar to, though less sweeping than, the Oregon plan. Perhaps we should put national policy where our values are, or at least where we say they are.

The United States is the last holdout of the world's industrialized countries against making a formal, national commitment to families. Family leave is a reality in Germany and Japan, whose social policies -- far more generous than even the Oregon plan -- make our hesitant attempts at legislation look embarrassingly meager. Their experience proves, too, that accommodating the family needs of their work forces does not lead to national economic ruin
<snip>

[Mabus]

12. From the guy who has taken "intermittent leave" to a whole new level!

Here's hoping that another pretzel gets stuck in his windpipe and causes brain damage (not that we would be able to tell) that renders him almost human.

[malaise]

13. No president in history spent so much time on vacation

He disgusts every fiber of my body.

[Mabus]

14. And even then, it isn't like he's actually done anything good while in office

I'm with you. I don't think there is anyone I detest as much as him. He just makes me want to throw things at my television when I see him.

[Greyhound]

16. Did he beat Raygun? I missed that. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

15. But wait....he still has 9% who will miss him in Jan....a whole 9 %....

Can you believe it...?

[robinlynne]

18. 2% on the news poll this evening.