[Cabs-talk] Fwd: [Nabs-presidents] Fix WIA Wednesday

[Darian]

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> From: Rose Sloan <rosesloan920 at gmail.com>
> Date: January 13, 2014 at 1:35:04 PM PST
> To: List for NABS State Presidents <nabs-presidents at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nabs-presidents] Fix WIA Wednesday
> Reply-To: List for NABS State Presidents <nabs-presidents at nfbnet.org>
> 
> Federationists:
> 
> 
> Over the summer the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) S. 1356 was passed by
> the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.  We have been
> told that this bill may be coming to the Senate floor for a vote soon, and
> it is being pre-conferenced with members of the U.S. House of
> Representatives.  There are aspects of this bill that we need the Senate to
> fix before it becomes law.
> 
> 
> 
> We are designating this Wednesday, January 15, 2014 as #FixWIA Wednesday.
> We are respectfully requesting that you call, email, fax, tweet, or
> Facebook your Members of Congress expressing your feelings about WIA (S.
> 1356).  Please use the hash tag #FixWIA with all of your social media
> messaging.
> 
> 
> 
> As the saying goes: "nothing about us, without us" –if we do not act now,
> the discriminatory language in Section 511 of Title V., and the misguided
> relocation of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) will become
> the law of the land.  Let your voices be heard. Contact your Members of
> Congress.
> 
> 
> 
> Read the Fix WIA blog post at: https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/fix-wia to
> get more information about the issue, and get ready to #FixWIA on this
> Wednesday, January 15, 2014.  Additional information will be sent soon.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> 
> 
> Rose
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