[Colorado-talk] Fwd: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] Legislative Alert: the Department of Labor is seeking comments from advocates like you

[Dan Burke]

Good morning --

This is a great opportunity for us in the NFB to have a large number
of comments opposing subminimum wages drop in the lap of the Dept. of
Labor.  The link to submit comments is below. But if anyone on this
list, or someone you know, has been  subjected to subminimum wages and
wants to make a comment and would like some assistance, let me know.

Dan
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Greetings Fellow Federationists:

This week the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment
Policy (ODEP) announced the opening of a National Online Dialogue
about the use of subminimum wages. It is seeking ideas, experiences,
and stories from advocates like you. This dialogue will continue until
June 14. Please pass this information to your state affiliate and urge
your members to submit comments.

The National Federation of the Blind opposes the use of subminimum
wages for people with disabilities and our members have been active at
the state and federal level. Our continued advocacy has already
initiated a growing number of states to pass legislation or policies
that prohibit the use subminimum wages. Likewise, the NFB supports the
passage of the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act (H.R.
873/S. 260), a federal piece of legislation calling for the phase out
of subminimum wages over a six-year period.

Below is the announcement for the Department of Labor where you will
find the link to submit your comments.

May 28, 2019

The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy
(ODEP), through its ePolicyWorks initiative, is hosting this national
online dialogue to gather perspectives on Section 14(c) of the Fair
Labor Standards Act. Please share your ideas, individual stories, and
personal experiences illustrating the impact of Section 14(c) on the
employment of people with disabilities. The goal of this online
dialogue is to capture perspectives about Section 14(c) based on
individual input from those "on the ground." Information gleaned from
the comments will then be summarized to provide ODEP an overview of
Section 14(c) at the state and national levels.



The Section 14(c) National Online Dialogue

https://14cdialogue.ideascale.com/<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2f14cdialogue.ideascale.com%2f&c=E,1,4PF9slBskdtFpxmKp4qe0k4OamqtI3W3wKafqr8MTHROVe3sTWt_Eoj024z8mDW_NOv4xqbGqptSGNEV4ThjQfu0EhYMuAoew7i3aM0j&typo=1>




Sincerely,

Kimie Eacobacci
Government Affairs Specialist
200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314, extension 2441 | keacobacci at nfb.org<mailto:keacobacci at nfb.org>

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Dan Burke
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