[Home-on-the-range] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] Tomorrow is our second #FixWIA Wednesday!

Rob Tabor rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net
Wed Feb 5 20:11:59 UTC 2014


HI Susie,

 

Mr. Moran's email is

jerry_moran at moran.senate.gov

 

Pat Roberts is

Pat_roberts at roberts.senate.gov

 

My email to Moran seems to have gone OK, but I got a bounceback from the US
Postmaster saying Roberts' inbox is full. I thought staff is supposed to be
tending to that.

Best

Rob

 

From: Home-on-the-range [mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 12:01 PM
To: NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Home-on-the-range] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] Tomorrow is our
second #FixWIA Wednesday!

 

Rob,

 

I called last time, but I don't think that did much good. Would you please
send out the correct email addresses. I tried emailing before without
success.

 

Susie

 

From: Home-on-the-range [mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Rob Tabor
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 11:37 AM
To: 'NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List'
Cc: 'Jayhawk Chapter list, Lawrence, Kansas'
Subject: [Home-on-the-range] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] Tomorrow is our
second #FixWIA Wednesday!

 

Dear fellow Kansas Federationists,

 

Please do as I just did in contacting both Senators Roberts and Moran to
advocate for important amendments to the Workforce Investment At
Reauthorization Measure in our second national FixWIA campaign. The
essential information in is below in Rose Sloan's original posting, and the
senators may be contacted by email, phone call, tweet, or Facebook posting.
Remember that Twitter only provides for only 140 characters of input, and
that may not be enough for what you want to say. So let's pour it on and let
our elected senators know how we feel in wanting to get rid of those
crippling amendments that could set rehabilitation services back years if
not decades.

Best regards,

Rob Tabor

(785) 865-9959

Rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net

 

From: Nfbnet-members-list [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sloan, Rose (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 4:34 PM
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Tomorrow is our second #FixWIA Wednesday!

 

 
Federation Family,
 
Tomorrow is our second #FixWIA Wednesday. We had a very good campaign a few
weeks ago, but unfortunately our Senators do not understand our concerns
with WIA yet. 
 
During our last campaign, we had just over 150 tweets with the hash tag
#FixWIA. When we set our minds to something, there is nothing the Federation
cannot accomplish. I am setting the goal of 250 tweets with the hash tag
#FixWIA. When tweeting, do not forget to use your Senators' handles. You can
find them, along with their Facebook pages here: http://govsm.com/w/Senate. 
 
For those of you who prefer to e-mail your Senators, I have attached the
letter I plan to send to my Senators. Please consider using this as a
template. For those of you who prefer to call your Senators, feel free to
use this email as a guide for your call. 
 
If you would like even more information about our concerns with WIA, please
see our blog post at: https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/fix-wia.
 
Thank you to everyone who helped out with our first #FixWIA campaign. We
have invited other disability organizations to help with this
effort-together I know we can come up with 250 tweets that embed the hash
tag #FixWIA.  Let your concerns about WIA be heard! Through our efforts, we
can ensure that fewer people with disabilities are subjected to detrimental
subminimum wage sheltered employment. 
 
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me at rsloan at nfb.org or
by calling 410-659-9314 extension 2441. 
 
Thanks everyone,
 
Rose
 
 
February 5, 2014
 
Dear Senator,
 
I am writing to express my strong opposition to Section 511 of Title 5 of
the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (S. 1356).  My main
concern is that Section 511 introduces subminimum wage employment into the
Rehabilitation Act for the first time ever.  Even more importantly, the
title of Section 511 is not reflected in the text of Section 511.  While the
title claims to put limitations on employment of individuals with
disabilities at subminimum wage, Subsection a (4) of the bill text allows
anyone to enter subminimum wage sheltered employment. 
 
Senator, I have done my homework with respect to the impact of
subminimum-wage sheltered employment on people with disabilities.  Studies
show that people with disabilities who enter sheltered workshops rarely
transition into competitive, community-integrated employment.  Even though
the stated goal of WIA is to ensure community-integrated employment,
subminimum wage employment is not a viable path to that goal.  Less than
five percent of people with disabilities in subminimum wage sheltered
employment receive a job in community-integrated employment.  Please strike
Section 511 from WIA. 
 
Additionally, I am concerned about the proposed move of the Rehabilitation
Services Administration (RSA) from the Department of Education to the
Department of Labor.  Just as sheltered workshops focus on what people with
disabilities cannot do, the Department of Labor looks at what a person can
currently do without taking into consideration their potential to build
further skills.  The role of the Department of Education is to educate, or
teach people new skills.  I fear that if RSA is moved to Labor, people with
disabilities will not be able to reach their full potential.  Furthermore,
there is no research that shows that moving RSA to the Department of Labor
will be more efficient for people with disabilities.  Why not save the money
that would be spent to make the move, and put it towards improving the
services that RSA provides? 
 
I hope that I can count on your support.  I sincerely feel that if you took
the time to review Section 511 for yourself that you will realize that
people with disabilities will be hindered by the current language in WIA.
Please offer an amendment that will strike Section 511 and will remove the
language that moves RSA from the Department of Education to the Department
of Labor. 
 
I look forward to hearing back from you.  I fear that WIA may be coming to
the floor soon.  Please contact me at Rsloan at nfb.org. 
 
Thank you,
 
Rose Sloan 
 
 
Rose Sloan
Government Affairs Specialist
 
"Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities" 
http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages 
 
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street 
Baltimore, MD 21230
rsloan at nfb.org
(410)-659-9314 ext 2441
 
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children get an equal education; to connect blind veterans with the training
and services they need; and to help seniors who are losing vision continue
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