By David R. Francis

At least 6 million American workers will lose their right to overtime pay starting Aug. 23.

At least that's what Ross Eisenbrey, an economist with the liberal Economic Policy Institute in Washington, charges.

"It's the worst rollback in employee rights in 57 years," he says, harking back to the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, a bill that put some limitations on trade union activities.

A Department of Labor (DOL) spokeswoman, Pamela Groover, calls Mr. Eisenbrey's study and attacks by the AFL-CIO, the nation's trade union federation, "misinformation stuff" that "hurts workers."

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