[Cabs] Fair Wages Petition

[nure Hussein Kebirtilmo]

Hello Jess,
When I tried to access the page to sign for the fair wages, I
continiously getThe requested page "/fair-wages-petition****" could
not be found.
So, Is there any other way to access the page?



On 3/21/13, Jessica Beecham <jbeecham at cocenter.org> wrote:
> Hello Fellow Federationists
>
>
> Please visit the below link to sign the fair wages support petition.  It
> is imperative to our cause that ALL of us take a moment and sign this.
> Also, share this e-mail with your friends and post to your social media
> outlets.
>
> Petition to Support Fair Wages
>
> for Workers with Disabilities****
>
> ** **
>
> www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition****
>
> ** **
>
> We, the undersigned, are Americans with disabilities who are adversely
> affected by subminimum wage payments to workers with disabilities;
> representatives of organizations made up of, and working on behalf of,
> Americans with disabilities; friends and family members of individuals who
> have disabilities; and other concerned citizens who believe in fairness and
> equality.  We all speak in support of the repeal of Section 14(c) of the
> Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which authorizes Special Wage Certificates
> that permit employers to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages,
> some as low as 3 cents per hour.****
>
> ** **
>
> We reject the low expectations for, the false view of the true capacity of,
> and the misguided compassion used to justify this discrimination against
> workers with disabilities.  This provision has existed for over seventy
> years, and rather than creating real employment opportunities for workers
> with disabilities, it has relegated hundreds of thousands of people with
> disabilities to segregated, subminimum wage work environments, perpetuated
> the misconception that workers with disabilities do not have the capacity
> for productive employment, and masked the need for further development and
> implementation of innovative employment strategies for the competitive
> integrated employment of people with disabilities.****
>
> We all believe that the future prospects for workers with disabilities are
> limited only by the spirit, ambition, and imagination of Americans with
> disabilities, and by the willingness of society to expand and implement
> enlightened policies that will help them succeed.  We adamantly assert that
> as long as workers with disabilities are denied the same workforce
> protections as every other American citizen, and the solution to the
> employment dilemma of workers with disabilities is thought to be their
> continued segregation in subminimum-wage work environments, our society
> will never truly implement the innovative employment strategies that
> empower workers with disabilities to fully participate in the
> workforce.****
>
> For these reasons, we, the undersigned, urge the repeal of Section 14(c) of
> the Fair Labor Standards Act in order to abolish the unfair,
> discriminatory, immoral practice of paying workers with disabilities
> subminimum wages; to reverse over seventy years of mistaken
> institutionalized thinking about the employment capacity of people with
> disabilities; and to incentivize the development, implementation, and use
> of innovative strategies for their competitive, integrated employment.****
>
> ** **
>
> To sign the petition, visit www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition****
>
> ** **
>
> Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A.****
>
> Director of Advocacy and Policy****
>
> ** **
>
> “Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities”****
>
> http://www.nfb.org/fairwages****
>
> ** **
>
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND****
>
> 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place****
>
> Baltimore, Maryland   21230****
>
> ** **
>
> (410) 659-9314 ext. 2374 (Voice)****
>
> (410) 685-5653 (FAX)****
>
> Email: alewis at nfb.org****
>
> Web: www.nfb.org****
>
> twitter: @anillife****
>
> **
>  --
> Jessica Beecham
> Chapter and Community Development Coordinator
> National Federation of the Blind of Colorado
> 2233 West Shepperd Ave.
> Littleton, CO 80210
> jbeecham at cocenter.org
> 720-440-2632
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