[Ct-nfb] Example Press Release for Protest
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Tue Aug 21 01:10:47 UTC 2012
Thank you for shaing this with us. Do we have anything that we are
putting forward to the press I can send to friends who are in the industry so
they could get it out for us I can do that if something is sent to me.
Thank youElziabeth
In a message dated 8/20/2012 8:46:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu writes:
Fellow Federationists:
A friend of mine from the chapter in Columbia, Missouri, sent me the
following press release for our protest in that local area. I am providing it
as an example if any of us wish to provide similar press releases to the
local media (which I think is a very good idea, by the way ... hint, hint).
Justin Salisbury
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release Date:
Monday, August 20, 2012
Eugene Coulter
National Federation of the Blind of Missouri, Columbia Chapter president
(573) 474-3226
escoulter at centurytel.net
Informational Protest of Goodwill
National Federation of the Blind protests the Unfair, Discriminatory, and
Immoral practice of paying subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.
The National Federation of the Blind will be holding informational
protests at Goodwill Stores across the country on Saturday August 25, 2012 from
11:00-1:00 local time. The National Federation of the Blind of Missouri,
Columbia chapter will hold an informational protest from 11:00-1:00 Saturday
August 25, 2012 at Goodwill located at 1405 Grindstone Parkway
Columbia,MO 65201. Our purpose is to promote public awareness of the
unfair, discriminatory, and immoral practice of paying subminimum wages to
workers with disabilities. Some Goodwill-affiliated agencies pay their workers
with disabilities at least the federal minimum wage, but 64 of the 165
Goodwill-affiliated agencies choose to degrade and limit the vocational
potential of their workers with disabilities by paying them pennies per hour. Some
workers are paid as low as 22 cents an hour.
Given the proper training and opportunities, disabled person’s can and do
work in jobs that pay at least the federal minimum wage and more. Denying
disabled workers the federal minimum wage is unfair, and paying the CEO of
Goodwill Industries a six-figure salary while paying disabled workers
pennies an hour is immoral and unconscionable! The National Federation of the
Blind urges people not to donate or buy from Goodwill or thrift stores
associated with Goodwill until Goodwill adopts a responsible corporate policy to
pay its workers with disabilities at least the federal minimum wage.
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About the National Federation of the Blind
With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the
largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in
the United States. The NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy,
education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and
self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the
voice of the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National
Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training
center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.
Locally the Columbia Chapter was formed in 1974 by a group of University
of Missouri college students and over its 38 years has expanded to work as a
group of blind and low vision persons from every part of the community
dedicated to the principal of blind persons helping themselves.
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