<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div style=""><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Rose Sloan <<a href="mailto:rosesloan920@gmail.com">rosesloan920@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[nabs-l] Press Release: NFB Commends President Obama for Executive Order on Wages</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">February 12, 2014 at 7:42:23 AM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:il-talk@nfbnet.org">il-talk@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:il-talk@nfbnet.org">il-talk@nfbnet.org</a>>, List for NABS State Presidents <<a href="mailto:nabs-presidents@nfbnet.org">nabs-presidents@nfbnet.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:nabs-l@nfbnet.org">nabs-l@nfbnet.org</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">National Association of Blind Students mailing list <<a href="mailto:nabs-l@nfbnet.org">nabs-l@nfbnet.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div>*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*<br><br><br><br>*CONTACT:*<br><br>Chris Danielsen<br><br>Director of Public Relations<br><br>National Federation of the Blind<br><br>(410) 659-9314, extension 2330<br><br>(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<br><br><a href="mailto:Cdanielsen@nfb.rg">Cdanielsen@nfb.rg</a><br><br><br><br><br>*National Federation of the Blind Commends President Obama for Executive<br>Order on Wages*<br><br><br><br>*Order Ensures Economic Mobility for Federal Contract Employees with<br>Disabilities*<br><br><br><br>*Baltimore, Maryland (February 12, 2014):* The National Federation of the<br>Blind (NFB) <http://www.nfb.org/> commented today on President Obama's<br>executive order requiring a wage floor of $10.10 for individuals employed<br>under all new federal contracts, including workers with disabilities who<br>are currently excluded from minimum wage protections under special<br>certificate programs.<br><br><br><br>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the<br>Blind<http://www.facebook.com/NationalFederationoftheBlind>,<br>said: "President Obama's courageous action today is a tremendous victory<br>for federal contract workers with disabilities, and we wholeheartedly<br>applaud the spectacular step forward that this new executive order<br>represents. The National Federation of the Blind commends President Obama<br>for recognizing the value of workers with disabilities and ensuring that<br>these workers can take advantage of the same opportunity for economic<br>mobility as their nondisabled co-workers. We urge Congress to finish the<br>work that President Obama has begun by passing the Fair Wages for Workers<br>with Disabilities Act (H.R. 831) <https://nfb.org/fair-wages> to ensure<br>that all workers with disabilities, not just those working under federal<br>contracts, will no longer be subjected to the antiquated and discriminatory<br>practice of being paid less than the federal minimum wage."<br><br><br><br><br><br>*###*<br><br><br><br><br><br>*About the National Federation of the Blind*<br><br><br>The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the oldest, largest, and most<br>influential nationwide membership organization of blind people in the<br>United States. Founded in 1940, the NFB advocates for the civil rights and<br>equality of blind Americans, and develops innovative education, technology,<br>and training programs to provide the blind and those who are losing vision<br>with the tools they need to become independent and successful.<br>_______________________________________________<br>nabs-l mailing list<br>nabs-l@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>