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[Sherri]

American Association of People with DisabilitiesThe AAPD is on board 
congratulating President Obama for his executive order to end subminimum 
wages for people with disabilities.

Sherri
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            Minimum Wage Executive Order to Include People with Disabilities
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            For Immediate Release
            February 12, 2014

            Contact: Brianna Gross
            Phone: 202-521-4319
            bgross at aapd.com

            Washington, DC (February 12, 2014) - Today, the White House 
announced that President Barack Obama will sign an Executive Order raising 
the minimum wage to $10.10 for all future federal contract workers, 
including workers with disabilities. Under the current law, employees with 
disabilities can be paid subminimum wage, but the Executive Order, which 
covers all new federal contracts, will end the practice among contractors 
beginning in 2015.

            "By including people with disabilities in his Executive Order, 
the President has opened the doors of equal opportunity to many federally 
contracted employees with disabilities," said Mark Perriello, President and 
CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). "We 
applaud the Administration for recognizing that people with disabilities 
have the right to equal wages for doing the same jobs as people without 
disabilities."

            AAPD, the nation's largest cross disability rights organization, 
and other disability rights organizations had urged the inclusion of people 
with disabilities in the President's Executive Order since the plan was 
announced at the 2014 State of the Union Address.

            Currently, 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act allows for 
workers with disabilities to be paid subminimum wage. This law dates back to 
1938 and has been used by sheltered workshops where people with disabilities 
are segregated from other workers and can be paid as little as pennies per 
hour for doing the same work as employees without disabilities. About 95% of 
Americans with disabilities working for subminimum wage are employed at 
sheltered workshops, and about 420,000 workers with disabilities are being 
paid subminimum wage under the 14(c) program.

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            The American Association of People with Disabilities is the 
nation's largest disability rights organization. We promote equal 
opportunity, economic power, independent living, and political participation 
for people with disabilities. Our members, including people with 
disabilities and our family, friends, and supporters, represent a powerful 
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