[Ct-nfb] A Ridiculous Question

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Justin, I am in agreeance  with you both of this discrimination still  
occurs.You are saying to amke calls nd write  should do to all being  senators 
and local too. Thank you for putting this out for  us all to  see.
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/4/2014 7:20:2Elizabeth2 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu writes:

 
A Ridiculous Question
Submitted  by alewis on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 11:32   
Blog  Date:  
Thursday,  January 2, 2014 
By  Anil Lewis 
https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/ridiculous-question 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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?” 
For  more information, visit http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages. 
Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A. 
Director of Advocacy and Policy 
“Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities”   
http://www.nfb.org/fairwages 
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 
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