[Ct-nfb] Goodwill Boycott
Blindhands at aol.com
Blindhands at aol.com
Thu Jun 21 15:05:42 UTC 2012
There might be a need for these places. Such places are available for the
elderly and it is called Daycare for Seniorsor similar names and it is
very pricey for folks to partake in these places. These so called Work Shops
are many times serve the same purpose.
What upsets me is the fact that BESB considers to encourage their blind
clients to take jobs in these places. BESB falsely paints these positions as
permanent job places and pays the blind an above minimum wage pay while
they are in training[thru some government work program]. They spent 3
months working out how I could travel from Stratford to New Haven
independently.[after it was decided the train was not a safe option, then Bpt transit
and My Ride was the choice]. I worked for 6 months part time receiving
$11.50 per hour and after the training period I was hired or went onto
Americash pay rates which worked out to be $1.20 per hour. Since the bus
transportation cost was $12 per day and I worked 5 hours a day and spent
another average of 4 to 5 hours on a bus or waiting for a bus, I decided after
one week I could not afford to work there.
I could not believe BESB supported such job placement for a blind person.
Joyce Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
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