[il-talk] {Disarmed} Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Applauds Introduction of Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment Act

[Edwin]

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Subject: 	National Federation of the Blind Applauds Introduction of 
Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment Act
Date: 	Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:00:40 -0500
From: 	Jessica Wichmann <jwichmann at nfb.org>
Reply-To: 	Jessica Wichmann <jwichmann at nfb.org>
To: 	roberthansen1970 at gmail.com



  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

*CONTACT:*
Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
cdanielsen at nfb.org <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>

*National Federation of the Blind Applauds Introduction of Transitioning 
to Integrated and Meaningful Employment Act*

*/Urges Swift Passage of Legislation to Prevent Exploitation of Workers 
with Disabilities/*

*Baltimore, Maryland (January 7, 2015):* The National Federation of the 
Blind 
<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4063&qid=715978>, 
the oldest and largest organization of blind Americans, today applauded 
the introduction of the Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful 
Employment (TIME) Act of 2015 (H.R. 188) by Representative Gregg Harper 
(R-MS). Congressman Harper introduced this legislation to responsibly 
phase out the use of Special Wage Certificates under Section 14(c) of 
the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), thereby facilitating the 
transitioning of people with disabilities now working in sheltered, 
segregated employment, sometimes for pennies per hour, to integrated 
employment positions paying competitive wages.

Congressman Gregg Harper said: “Section 14(c) of the FLSA, enacted out 
of ignorance regarding the true capacity of people with disabilities, 
currently prevents over three-hundred thousand people with disabilities 
from gaining access to the work and training environments that have been 
proven to be more cost effective and to produce more competitive 
integrated work outcomes.  Segregated, subminimum-wage work is just an 
expression of low expectations that instills a false sense of incapacity 
in individuals who could become competitively employed with the proper 
training and support.”

Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: 
“The National Federation of the Blind and our partners representing the 
55 million Americans with disabilities fight every day to obtain the 
equality and respect in the workplace that nondisabled citizens take for 
granted. We applaud Congressman Harper for having the courage to 
confront over seventy years of entrenched but false thinking about the 
capacity of people with disabilities. We strongly urge his colleagues in 
both houses of the United States Congress to exhibit the same courage by 
recognizing that it is time to reject an antiquated and ineffective 
employment model for one that truly values workers with disabilities.”


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**About the National Federation of the Blind**

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the 
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles 
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; 
blindness is not what holds you back.


National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
United States
410 659-9314


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