[Ct-nfb] good will thoughts

[Nathanael T. Wales]

Justin, Barb, Chris, and all:

I agree that we wouldn't want to deny someone like Chris' friend Jonathan a 
meaningful way to participate in society, and I agree that it is far worse 
to deny many, many more disabled people the right to the minimum wage just 
to keep him employed in a make-work setting as the only way for him to get 
that participation.  I ask, though, for the facts about what's actually 
happened to disabled people like Jonathan.  We can find out.

Many workshops (and the little secret we in NFB hesitate to make public is 
that a large number of even Goodwill workshops) have started paying their 
disabled workers the minimum wage.  In those workshops, what has happened to 
workers as seemingly disabled as Jonathan?  Have they in fact lost their 
jobs?  It's like the general argument against raising the minimum wage: many 
people will lose their jobs--except this isn't a hypothetical because we can 
look at workshops and see and put this issue to rest.

Nathanael


-----Original Message----- 
From: Justin Salisbury
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 9:16 AM
To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] good will thoughts

If we continue to allow the subminimum wage provision that allows Jonathan 
to work for subminimum wages, many more people who could and should be 
competitively employed will never reach competitive employment.

Unfortunately, not all people are good people, and groupthink allows 
businesses to have lower moral standards and expectations than many 
individual people.  Human beings are being exploited under this provision, 
and it needs to end.

If President Obama or maybe Romney eventually signs the Fair Wages for 
Workers with Disabilities Act, there will be some loss, but astronomically 
more gain.

You can take subminimum wage employment away from someone with the maturity 
of a 3-year old and no concept of money (for whom volunteering might be 
quite suitable), or you can continue to keep many more capable disabled 
workers in sweat shops at wages below the federal minimum wage that break 
their spirits and ruin them as people.

Choose wisely.

Justin

Justin M. Salisbury
Class of 2012
B.A. in Mathematics
East Carolina University
president at alumni.ecu.edu

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change 
the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD
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From: ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org [ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of 
Barbara Blejewski [barbara.blejewski at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 8:50 AM
To: nFB of Connecticut Mailing List
Subject: [Ct-nfb] good will thoughts

Hi Everyone,


I think Chris explained there are individual situations which need to be 
considered before everyone gets up on their high horses.  Who are we to deny 
people like Jonathan to participate in a job through Goodwill which would 
otherwise be unavailable to him?


Barb


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