Capitol janitors making ‘ends meet’ with overtime? Nope

wapo ^ | 3/613 | Glenn Kessler

[Nachum]

“You know, those Capitol janitors will not get as much overtime. I’m sure they think less pay, that they’re taking home, does hurt.”

— Gene Sperling, director of the White House economic council, on ABC News’ “This Week,” March 3, 2013

“On the issue of the janitors, if you work for an hourly wage and you earn overtime, and you depend on that overtime to make ends meet, it is simply a fact that a reduction in overtime is a reduction in your pay.”

— White House spokesman Jay Carney, news briefing, March 4

At a news conference last Friday, President Obama claimed that, “starting tomorrow,” the “folks cleaning the floors at the Capitol” had “just got a pay cut” because of the automatic federal spending cuts known as the sequester.

The president very quickly earned Four Pinocchios for that statement, especially after senior officials at the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), the federal agency that employ janitors on the House side, and the office of the Sergeant at Arms (SAA), which employs janitors on the Senate side, issued statements saying the president’s comments were not true.

Still, the White House has kept up its spin offensive, claiming that a cut in “overtime” was a de facto pay cut and thus the president was right — or at least not wrong.

[Nachum]

Lie, number 4,754,322

give or take

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[Youngman542012]

That is how they milk the system..why do it on Friday when you can come in on Sunday and get double time for your work...and of course the new higher costs are figured in your retiremnt payments...all inflated on purpose....

[DoodleDawg]

The president very quickly earned Four Pinocchios for that statement, especially after senior officials at the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), the federal agency that employ janitors on the House side, and the office of the Sergeant at Arms (SAA), which employs janitors on the Senate side, issued statements saying the president’s comments were not true.

The fact that we have two separate agencies hiring janitors for the same building says a lot about how wasteful and inefficient our government is.

[hal ogen]

Liar...liar...liar...pants on fire. That is the legacy of this clown-car presidency.

[nothingnew]

Still, the White House has kept up its spin offensive, claiming that a cut in “overtime” was a de facto pay cut..

I'm 61 years old, worked in the printing industry for well over 40 years. I was payed well and did some overtime many times. I never relied on "overtime" to pay my bills. I budgeted on my 40 hours a week. The OT was a BONUS.

I'm tired of these bastards. I'm guessing these janitors are paid more per hour than I ever was and benefits, that back in the day, would make my head spin.

FMCDH(BITS)

[Ol' Sox]

Its like a sauna in here.

[Jane Long]

Your post perfectly describes the picture I have of 0...with a clown hat on and his pants on fire. Wish I had design skills :)

[Dudoight]

Its getting sicker and sicker...I think there is mental illness afoot in the administration.

[handmade]

Too bad you can’t get the vocal inflection in the written word.

[grame]

Our statewide news interviewed Nat’l Guard personnel who were expecting to be cut back to 4 day work weeks equaling 400 less per month. They stated it probably would not impact them until the end of March or in April but they were definitely anticipating cutbacks.

[SampleMan]

So, what does a Capitol bldg janitor make per year?

I’m guessing six figures before overtime.