[Colorado-talk] FW: [nabs-l] social media Savvy Members - Today is our second #FixWIA Wednesday.

Wed Feb 5 19:32:58 UTC 2014

I will be tweeting as soon as I am out of this meeting.  

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 5, 2014, at 12:31 PM, "Scott C. LaBarre" <slabarre at labarrelaw.com> wrote:
> 
> Please tweat if you can.  As I understand it, Colorado has not sent any yet.
> 
> Best,
> Scott
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lewis, Anil
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 7:22 AM
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> Subject: [nabs-l] social media Savvy Members - Today is our second #FixWIA
> Wednesday.
> 
> From Rose Sloan to our social media savvy members:
> 
> Federation Family,
> 
> Today is our second #FixWIA Wednesday. We had a very good campaign a few
> weeks ago, but unfortunately our Senators do not understand our concerns
> with WIA yet.
> 
> During our last campaign, we had just over 150 tweets with the hash tag
> #FixWIA. When we set our minds to something, there is nothing the Federation
> cannot accomplish. I am setting the goal of 250 tweets with the hash tag
> #FixWIA. When tweeting, do not forget to use your Senators' handles. You can
> find them, along with their Facebook pages here: http://govsm.com/w/Senate.
> 
> For those of you who prefer to e-mail your Senators, I have attached the
> letter I plan to send to my Senators. Please consider using this as a
> template. For those of you who prefer to call your Senators, feel free to
> use this email as a guide for your call.
> 
> If you would like even more information about our concerns with WIA, please
> see our blog post at: https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/fix-wia.
> 
> Thank you to everyone who helped out with our first #FixWIA campaign. We
> have invited other disability organizations to help with this effort.
> Together I know we can come up with 250 tweets that embed the hash tag
> #FixWIA.  Let your concerns about WIA be heard! Through our efforts, we can
> ensure that fewer people with disabilities are subjected to detrimental
> subminimum wage sheltered employment.
> 
> If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me at
> rsloan at nfb.org<mailto:rsloan at nfb.org> or by calling 410-659-9314 extension
> 2441.
> 
> Thanks everyone,
> 
> Rose
> 
> 
> February 5, 2014
> 
> Dear Senator,
> 
> I am writing to express my strong opposition to Section 511 of Title 5 of
> the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (S. 1356).  My main
> concern is that Section 511 introduces subminimum wage employment into the
> Rehabilitation Act for the first time ever.  Even more importantly, the
> title of Section 511 is not reflected in the text of Section 511.  While the
> title claims to put limitations on employment of individuals with
> disabilities at subminimum wage, Subsection a (4) of the bill text allows
> anyone to enter subminimum wage sheltered employment.
> 
> Senator, I have done my homework with respect to the impact of
> subminimum-wage sheltered employment on people with disabilities.  Studies
> show that people with disabilities who enter sheltered workshops rarely
> transition into competitive, community-integrated employment.  Even though
> the stated goal of WIA is to ensure community-integrated employment,
> subminimum wage employment is not a viable path to that goal.  Less than
> five percent of people with disabilities in subminimum wage sheltered
> employment receive a job in community-integrated employment.  Please strike
> Section 511 from WIA.
> 
> Additionally, I am concerned about the proposed move of the Rehabilitation
> Services Administration (RSA) from the Department of Education to the
> Department of Labor.  Just as sheltered workshops focus on what people with
> disabilities cannot do, the Department of Labor looks at what a person can
> currently do without taking into consideration their potential to build
> further skills.  The role of the Department of Education is to educate, or
> teach people new skills.  I fear that if RSA is moved to Labor, people with
> disabilities will not be able to reach their full potential.  Furthermore,
> there is no research that shows that moving RSA to the Department of Labor
> will be more efficient for people with disabilities.  Why not save the money
> that would be spent to make the move, and put it towards improving the
> services that RSA provides?
> 
> I hope that I can count on your support.  I sincerely feel that if you took
> the time to review Section 511 for yourself that you will realize that
> people with disabilities will be hindered by the current language in WIA.
> Please offer an amendment that will strike Section 511 and will remove the
> language that moves RSA from the Department of Education to the Department
> of Labor.
> 
> I look forward to hearing back from you.  I fear that WIA may be coming to
> the floor soon.  Please contact me at Rsloan at nfb.org<mailto:Rsloan at nfb.org>.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Rose Sloan
> 
> 
> Rose Sloan
> Government Affairs Specialist
> 
> "Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities"
> http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages
> 
> National Federation of the Blind
> 200 East Wells Street
> Baltimore, MD 21230
> rsloan at nfb.org<mailto:rsloan at nfb.org>
> (410)-659-9314 ext 2441
> 
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