[il-talk] Resolution

[Kelly Pierce]

It seems that the community group behind this city council action is
Disabled Americans Want Work Now that is run out of Access Living.
Has anyone been in contact with them to discuss this resolution and
their goals for this task force?

Also, one of the highest priorities of the Federation right now is
ending sub-minimum wages for workers with disabilities.  Some big and
influential names in the Chicago disability community have 14C
certificates.  One big change that will significantly impact the lives
of people with disabilities would be for the city council to pass an
ordinance that would prevent city funds from going to any organization
that pays people with disabilities below the minimum wage.  The
ordinance would not impact us much as the Lighthouse pays the minimum
wage.

Chicago has raised its minimum wage and excluded people with
disabilities from this benefit. Now all the folks from Access Living
want it seems is a spineless task force to sit and discuss rather than
stopping city taxes from supporting disability exploitation.  Perhaps
we should contact the Access Living folks to discuss city council
action to stop city funds from going to organizations that pay
sub-minimum wages.

Kelly




On 5/28/16, Deborah Kent Stein via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> At the May meeting of the NFBI Chicago Chapter, we discussed whether we
> should support a resolution to re-establish the Task Force on Employment
> and
> Economic Opportunity for People with Disabilities. We determined that we
> should review the resolution and learn more about the history of the task
> force and its accomplishments before we come to a decision. Below I have
> pasted the resolution, which we will discuss at the June chapter meeting.
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> Debbie S.
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> R2015-565.pdf
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> City of Chicago
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> Office of the City Clerk
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> Document Tracking Sheet
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> R2015-565
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> Meeting Date:
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> Sponsor(s):
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> Type:
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> Title:
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> Committee(s) Assignment:
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> 7/29/2015
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> Maldonado (26)
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> Resolution
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> Call for reestablishment of Task Force on Employment and
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> Economic Opportunity for People with Disabilities
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> Committee on Workforce Development and Audit
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> RESOLUTION
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> WHEREAS, historically, the City of Chicago, with the cooperation of other
> governmental units, has
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> committed to increase the employment of people with disabilities to a rate
> that is as close as possible to
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> the employment rate of the general adult population; and,
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> WHEREAS, it is estimated that twenty percent of Chicago residents have at
> least one disability; and
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> WHEREAS, the unemployment rate for persons with disabilities far exceeds
> the
> unemployment rate for
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> persons without disabilities; and,
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> WHEREAS, it is estimated that seventy percent of all people with
> disabilities are unemployed;
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> WHEREAS, there are many qualified persons with disabilities who are unable
> to obtain competitive
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> employment; and,
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> WHEREAS, millions of federal and City dollars are invested each year in
> education, training, supported
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> employment, vocational training and other services related to the
> employment
> and training of persons
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> with disabilities in Chicago without any significant gains in the rate of
> competitive employment for
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> persons with disabilities; and,
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> WHEREAS, there has been a history of barriers to equal employment
> opportunity for persons with
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> disabilities in Chicago and those barriers continue to exist in the public
> and the private sectors;
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> WHEREAS, in 2002, a City-wide Task Force on Employment of People With
> Disabilities was
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> established by Executive Order 2002-3 to formulate and recommend to the
> Mayor, policies and programs
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> designed to improve and increase employment opportunities for people with
> disabilities in both the public
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> and private sectors; and
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> WHEREAS, it is in the best social and economic interests of the City of
> Chicago to expand competitive
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> employment and economic opportunity for persons with disabilities; now,
> therefore
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> BE IT RESOLVED, that the Chicago City Council shall hereby re-establish the
> Task Force on
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> Employment and Economic Opportunity for People with Disabilities with the
> purpose of: (a) developing
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> community and economic development efforts to increase full community
> integration and economic
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> inclusion of persons with disabilities; (b) promoting partnership between
> the public and private sectors to
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> increase employment and other economic opportunities for persons with
> disabilities; and (c) providing to
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> the Mayor and the City Council policy and program recommendations designed
> to increase employment
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> and economic opportunities for people with disabilities throughout the
> City,
> and within city government.
>
> Roberto Maldonado
>
> Alderman, 26"" Ward
>
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