[Ct-nfb] Important Questions regarding the minium wage
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Hello Justin
Did an amazing job of editing answering and given me exactly what I ned and
was hoping for now I am going to create and email and send directl yt
oSenator Blumenthal and so he at least gets a dialogue with the Govonor and
Presidnet and everyone else. Thank you so much for your assistance and will
let you know what happens.
Elizabeth
In a message dated 3/4/2014 2:24:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu writes:
Elizabeth:
What I have done is edited your questions so that I can somewhat
understand them. If, for any of them, you think I am missing the mark, please try
asking again. Below each question, I have given you a response.
Please keep up the good work and Federation spirit!
Justin
It really is simple of what I'd been asking you. I was asking you since
you'd been doing this legislative stuff a few questions about what you'd
gathered and learned from dealing with the subject of fair wages and
needed some information of it.
I had been asking you this:
What figures did you obtain/gain of Goodwill and others paying less than
the minimum wage. How far under minimum wage were they paying?
I can give you encyclopedia volumes of figures, so this first question is
very broad. I will give you some of the most important ones. First,
there is no minimum wage for workers with disabilities, so these workshops can
pay wages as low as one penny per hour. For a while, the lowest wage we’d
found was seven cents per hour. Then, we found someone working for three
cents per hour. After that, we finally found someone working for one penny
per hour. These sheltered workshops often call themselves “job training
facilities,” but only 5% of the people who start working in sheltered
employment ever go on to earn a minimum wage in their entire lives. That means
95% of them are trapped there. Furthermore, we spend millions of Medicaid
dollars in every state (which are matched with federal dollars) to fund these
sheltered workshops. They run largely on government contracts, and they
are able to pay minimum wage, but they don’t do it because they don’t have
to pay minimum wage. Private businessmen have learned that they can get
rich by running workshops which are parasites on the government budget and
exploit disabled people to lower costs further. Our government doesn’t fund
any other program that only has a 5% success rate, and we need to abolish
this entire system by passing HR 831 and a Senate companion bill.
If H R 831 is passed why do we need the Senate to take action on it,
as well?.
We need a companion bill to HR 831, hopefully with the exact same language
(copied and pasted) from HR 831. We need it to be introduced by a strong
leader who believes in the capacity of the disabled, civil rights, and
fiscal responsibility.
How effectively supportive are the Senators being, specifically
Blumenthal and Murphy? I ask this because I am speaking directly to the
Senator so in fact he can speak of it in Wednesdays discussions.
We trust that Senators Blumenthal and Murphy are great men who want to do
great things for America and Connecticut. Unfortunately, they have not
taken any observable action to end a practice that is unfair, discriminatory,
and immoral. We need a Senate companion bill to HR 831, which would phase
out Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which currently allows
employers to pay wages as low as one penny per hour to workers with
disabilities.
I hope this is now much clearer for you and hope you can get back to me as
soon as possible so I can get this to him by mid afternoon.
Thank you and take care
Elizabeth
In a message dated 3/4/2014 1:54:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu_ (mailto:PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu) writes:
Elizabeth:
I am truly grateful that you have so much passion for our cause. I wish
everyone in our affiliate had this much passion.
I continue to read and reread your messages, but I am still confused.
Could you try one last time to edit and resend the message?
I'm very sorry to have to ask you to do this again, but I sincerely do
want to understand your questions in order to answer them effectively.
Yours,
Justin Salisbury
Sent from the iPhone of:
Justin M. Salisbury
Graduate Student
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wisconsin – Madison
@_JSalisbury
On Mar 3, 2014, at 12:54 PM, "_Cookiechumper at aol.com_ (mailto:Cookie
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wrote:
Hello
Thank you Edward Justin had asked me to resend edited the email which I'd
done and haven't heard back from him,but this information you've given me
is very helpful and well apprecaited.
Thank you again
Elizabeth
In a message dated 3/3/2014 10:47:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_personal.edward at gmail.com_ (mailto:personal.edward at gmail.com) writes:
Hello,
I believe you are asking where to get material to present to your friend.
Please go to https://nfb.org/fair-wages. This page has everything on
fair wages.
Hope this helps,
Edward
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Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] Important Questions regarding the minium wage
Hello Justin,
I am so sorry that you ahd any issues and here is my email agai nto you.
I wanted to know the following informatio becasue President Obama is
coming to Hartford on Wednesday to meet with the Govonor,senators and others t
ospeak about the minium wage increase as taht CT is doing it over 3
years. What if anything do you know if disabled person will benefit from this
action as well. We've been battling the change and discrimination of
employers such as Goodwill, Marriott,etc and the bill that the senate have been
hearing is H R 831 has this bill fully gone int oeffect/passed by teh
senate whic his for subminium fair wages but does it as well enact/protect
from discrimination.
Have Senators Murphy and blumenthal been supportative,vocal,effective in
our behalf for these issues . What would you want them to know to have in
hand when they are with the Govonor on Wednesday with teh President.
With the case of Goodwill who were not paying fairly do you know exactly
know the numbers of what they were doing being if minium wage here is 720/40
how much under that were the ydoing if you know.
Thank you so much for assisting me with providing me wit hthis information
which will help us all.
Elizabeth
In a message dated 3/1/2014 1:48:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu_ (mailto:PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu) writes:
Dear Elizabeth,
I am sincerely grateful for your interest in the fight to end subminimum
wages. I have read your message a few times but am struggling to understand
what it is that you want to know. Honestly, the abundance of
typographical errors would not be much of a problem if they did not erode the clarity
of the message, but I regret to report that they do. If you could please
edit and resend your message, I would be happy to help answer your questions.
I also wish to remind you and others that Edward Shaham has taken over for
me to spearhead our legislative activities. While I am happy to offer any
help that I can, Edward’s understanding of and ability to research these
issues should not be underestimated.
Lastly, I want to encourage you to feel comfortable reaching out to Rose
Sloan at our national office. She is the one leading our efforts to achieve
fair wages by fixing the Workforce Investment Act and also getting the
House to pass HR 831 and the Senate to introduce and pass a companion bill to
HR 831. It is certainly good to use our resources here in Connecticut,
but helping people understand this issue is part of why we pay her the big
bucks. Her phone number is: 410-659-9314, ext. 2441. You can also email
Rose at _rsloan at nfb.org_ (mailto:rsloan at nfb.org) .
Sincerely yours,
Justin Salisbury
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Subject: [Ct-nfb] Important Questions regarding the minium wage
Hello Justin,
How are you. can you assist wit h some answers t o questions of needing
some information. As we all know thatthe President is coming t omeet wit h
the Govonor ,senators and others to discuss minium wage increase as the
Govonor's plan is t oraise it over 3 years t othe 10 dollars. Will disabled
people benefit by/from this. As we've been fighting against the
discrimination of this by man ysuch as Goodwill,Marriott etc. The law What was the
name of the bill agai nthat recently went before Washington on disablity
minium wages. Lost some things whe ncomputer went down.
Recently you'd been sending out contact info and emails related t
oSenator Murphy Compared to that of both senators Murphy and Blumenthal how have
the ybeen in regards t osupporting in regards to this issue.
Do you know of organizations that assist blind veterans and disabled.
I am asking this information becaue speaking wit hsomeone that will be
going on Wednesday so can be speaking with them in our behalf.
Thank you so much
Elizabeth
In a message dated 2/28/2014 3:11:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu_ (mailto:PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu) writes:
Please note the reminder from our education team a the NFB Jernigan
Institute:
Just a quick reminder that Monday is Read Across America Day! This
celebration of literacy always takes place on the weekday closest to Dr. Seuss's
birthday, March 2, since his writings continue to inspire children to fall
in love with reading. Once again, we ask that you celebrate the day anyway
you can to emphasize the important role of Braille in literacy for the
blind. If your affiliate is holding a party or activity in honor of Read Across
America Day, please let us know! We'd love to get photos or videos of your
celebration. We're also asking that everyone send us a photo or video of
someone reading Braille. We're especially eager to see people reading Braille
near a famous landmark, so we can really show that Braille is being used
all across the country! (Of course, we understand that in many parts of the
country, those landmarks are obscured by snow!)
If you have any questions, please contact Liz Spann at _espann at nfb.org_
(mailto:espann at nfb.org) or by phone at 410-685-5653, extension 2418.
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