[Cabs] Fair Wages Petition

nure Hussein Kebirtilmo nure.hussein at gmail.com
Thu Mar 21 20:58:29 UTC 2013


Hello Jess,
I think this link will work hopefully.
https://nfb.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=1&reset=1


On 3/21/13, nure Hussein Kebirtilmo <nure.hussein at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Address: 5915 South Sycamore Street
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