[Ct-nfb] A Ridiculous Question

[Deb Reed]

It is so ridiculous that this discrimination exists today. All we all have
to do is make the phone calls and send the e-mails. There are many failures
before a success happens and together we can make a success. This means not
just the same few but all of us together.


On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Justin Salisbury
<PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>wrote:

>  A Ridiculous Question
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> Submitted by alewis on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 11:32
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> Blog Date:
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> Thursday, January 2, 2014
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> By Anil Lewis
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> https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/ridiculous-question
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> So you go to work tomorrow, and it is pay day. You receive a paycheck for
> $15.00 for two weeks of work. You speak to your supervisor, and you are
> informed that the company has switched to a new payroll model based on a
> new law, Section D (9) (u), that calculates wages based on a new
> commensurate wage formula. This new formula is only used to calculate the
> wages paid to you and others like you. Although you are as productive as
> the other employees, no one else but you and others like you are subjected
> to this new wage formula, especially not management or the company
> executives. In fact, the executives are now receiving six-figure salaries
> as a result of the cost savings created by the new wage structure for
> workers like you. You complain, to no avail. Managers attempt to convince
> you that this new structure still offers you the ability to receive the
> tangible and intangible benefits of work. After all, it is not about the
> money, it is about fulfillment.
>
> This is not acceptable to you, so you seek vocational training that allows
> you to be a more productive employee. You go to a section D(9)(u)
> vocational training program that claims to be the best training program for
> people like you. This community training program is operated in a
> sheltered, segregated environment comprised of other people like you. The
> program assists you in developing the work and interpersonal skills
> necessary to be a competitive employee. They focus on teaching you
> real-world job skills like how to fold letters, stuff envelopes, sort
> hangers, hang clothes, and screw caps on pens. Although none of these tasks
> match your unique skills, talents, abilities or interests, it is what the
> training program has to offer. If there are no letters to be folded,
> envelopes to be stuffed, hangers to be sorted, or pens to be capped, the
> program offers you the opportunity to play video games, play cards, read
> books, or sleep.
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> The section D(9)(u) program costs more than other conventional training
> programs, but it is subsidized with public funds and operates as a
> charitable 501(c)(3) organization. The program has a competitive employment
> placement rate of less than 5 percent and therefore, most of the workers
> spend their entire vocational existence in this “training” program. Even
> though the program has no measureable positive impact on improving the
> employment of people like you, the marketing team is successful in their
> efforts of convincing public policy makers and philanthropic funding
> sources to feel that this is the best employment strategy for people like
> you.
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> It is obvious that this new policy is denying you the opportunity to reach
> your full vocational potential, while endorsing incompetent training
> programs and substandard employers. You want this policy repealed and you
> want the same workplace and wage protections as every other employee.
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> Okay, there is no Section D(9)(u) that exempts you from receiving equal
> wage protections, but there is a Section 14(c ) of the Fair Labor Standards
> Act (FLSA) that exempts people like me from being guaranteed the federal
> minimum wage. So my question is, “Why is this type of discriminatory policy
> not so ridiculous when it applies to people like me?”
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> For more information, visit http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages.
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> Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A.
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> Director of Advocacy and Policy
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> “Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities”
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> http://www.nfb.org/fairwages
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