[Colorado-talk] Fwd: [Nfb-legislative-directors] Further Information about our Week of Action for HR 831

Tue May 6 15:29:27 UTC 2014

Greetings -

It's a big week of action regarding HR 831, the Fair Wages ofr Workers
with Disabilities Act.  Rose Sloan's e-mail below goes into detail.
Today is Twitter Tuesday - time to tweet our delegation about fair
wages.  Below I've pasted contact info for everyone with phone numbers
and social media.  Remember that Reps. DeGette and Permutter are
already cosponsors, so if you tweet them thank them for their support.

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Colorado Congressional DelegationPhone, Twitter and Face Book

District 1
DeGette, Diana        D
2368 RHOB
202-225-4431
           @RepDianaDeGette
http://www.facebook.com/DianaDeGette
e-mail page
https://degette.house.gov/contact/send-me-an-email/email-me

District 2
Polis, Jared    D         1433 LHOB
202-225-2161
@RepJaredPolis
https://www.facebook.com/jaredpolis
e-mail: https://polis.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/default.aspx

District 3
Tipton, Scott             R
218 CHOB
202-225-4761
@RepTipton
https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanScottTipton

District 4
Gardner, Cory          R
213 CHOB
202-225-4676
@repcorygardner
https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanGardner

Distric 5
Lamborn, Doug        R
2402 RHOB
202-225-4422            Veterans' Affairs
@RepDLamborn
https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanDougLamborn?fref=ts

District 6
Coffman, Mike         R
2443 RHOB
202-225-7882
@RepMikeCoffman
https://www.facebook.com/repmikecoffman

District 7
Perlmutter, Ed          D         1410 LHOB
202-225-2645
@repperlmutter
https://www.facebook.com/Ed4Colorado?ref=ts&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/RepPerlmutter?fref=ts

Colorado Senators Contact Info
January 2014

Bennet, Michael F. -
(D - CO)
458 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5852

Face Book:
https://www.facebook.com/senatorbennet

Twitter:
@SenBennetCO

Online Contact Form:
http://www.bennet.senate.gov/contact/email

Udall, Mark -
(D - CO)
Class II
730 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5941
Contact:
www.markudall.Senate.gov/?p=contact

Online Message Form:
http://www.markudall.senate.gov/?p=contact_us
Face Book page:
https://www.facebook.com/markudall

Twitter:
@MarkUdall

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Sloan, Rose" <rsloan at nfb.org>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 18:10:34 +0000
Subject: [Nfb-legislative-directors] Further Information about our
Week of Action for HR 831
To: "Nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org"
<Nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>

Dear Legislative Directors:

As you know, next week is our week of action to gain more support for
HR 831.  As a reminder:

Tuesday is Twitter Tuesday
Wednesday is Call Wednesday and
Thursday is Email Thursday.

The idea is, by tweeting on Tuesday, we will raise awareness about HR
831 to not only our Members of Congress, but also all of our followers
on Twitter.  By calling on Wednesday, we will be putting HR 831 on our
Members of Congress's radar.  Finally, by emailing on Thursday, we
will be sealing the deal by making the formal written request to the
labor staffers.  I know that if we work together, we will be able to
gain even more co-sponsors.  I will be sending each of you a list of
twitter handles, phone numbers, and email addresses for the labor
staffers.  My goal is to send these out by the end of today, but some
may not go out until Monday.

Below please find some sample tweets, a sample call script and a
sample email.  Of course, creating your own tweets is encouraged.
Personalizing the emails is also encouraged.

Reminders:

When tweeting, please use the hashtag #FairWages, and don't forget to
tag your Member of Congress.
When emailing, please cc me (rsloan at nfb.org<mailto:rsloan at nfb.org>).

Thank you all in advance for all of your work.  As always, feel free
to reach out to me with any questions.

Yours in the fight for fair wages,

Rose

Sample Tweets for Twitter Tuesday: You're your Representative or other
Representatives from your state)

Do you support paying people with disabilities pennies per hour
@RepDuckworth?  I think PWD deserve #fairwages. Please co-sponsor HR
831.

Help prevent people with disabilities being paid less than the minimum
wage. Support #fairwages by co-sponsoring HR 831 @RepJohnSarbanes

It is outrageous that people with disabilities can be paid 3 cents an
hour. If you agree, support #fairwages by co-sponsoring HR 831
@WhipHoyer

Help people with disabilities earn real wages. Co-sponsor HR 831
@ToddRokita and support #fairwages.

@PeterRoskam, co-sponsor HR 831. Ensure that people with disabilities
receive the #fairwages we deserve.

Sample Call Script for Call Wednesday:

Good Morning. My name is ___________, and I support HR 831: the Fair
Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act.  I urge Representative
_________ to please co-sponsor this bill.

Currently, people with disabilities are legally being paid less than
the minimum wage.  Some are being paid as little as mere pennies per
hour.  I feel that this practice is wrong.   HR 831 will responsibly
phase out this antiquated, discriminatory and immoral practice over a
three year period.

Can I count on Representative __________ to support people with
disabilities by co-sponsoring HR 831?

Sample Email for Email Thursday:

CC: Rsloan at nfb.org<mailto:Rsloan at nfb.org>
Subject: Please Co-Sponsor HR 831

Dear [name of Labor Legislative Aid]:

I write to express my support for HR 831: the Fair Wages for Workers
with Disabilities Act and to urge Representative [name of
Representative] to please co-sponsor this bill.

Currently, people with disabilities are being paid far below the
minimum wage.  This practice is legal under Section 14(c) of the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938.  HR 831 will responsibly phase out this
antiquated practice over a three year period.

If Representative [name of Representative] is ready to join nearly 80
Members of Congress by expressing a commitment to creating real
employment opportunities for people with disabilities, please contact
Scot Malvaney, Legislative Director for Congressman Harper at
Scot.Malvaney at mail.house.gov<mailto:Scot.Malvaney at mail.house.gov>, and
let him know that Representative ___________ would like to co-sponsor
HR 831.

Thank you,

[Your name]

Rose Sloan
Government Affairs Specialist

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Phone: (410)-659-9314 ext. 2441
E-mail: rsloan at nfb.org<mailto:rsloan at nfb.org>
Twitter: @RoseSloan8

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