[il-talk] Resolution

pattischang at gmail.com pattischang at gmail.com
Tue May 31 16:48:33 UTC 2016 

To my knowledge the lighthouse holds a 14c  certificate because the state requires it for some of their contracts but does not pay subminimum wages. More importantly the lighthouse is openly taken a stand against subminimum wage is with respect to national industries for the blind. Although I believe that more disabled people in supervisory and management positions at the lighthouse is important, we do need to give credit where credit is due. it.


Live the life you want.  Every day we raise the expectations of blind  people in the National Federation of the Blind.

Patti S. Gregory-Chang
NFBI Treasurer
NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
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On May 30, 2016, at 8:01 AM, Robert Hansen via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

I agree with Kelly. Let's have a stop sub minimum wages ordinance for the city of Chicago. Let's be one of the cities that does this. I think that this would send a message loud and clear to organisations that continue the practice of sub minimum wages. Also we need to inform the general public about this issue as much as possible. We need to compile a list of organizations that pace of minimum wages in the city of Chicago and circulated far and wide on social media and broadcast media. Thank you for highlighting this Kelly.

sincerely,

Robert A Hansen

www.wzrdchicago.org
WZRD 88.3 FM CHICAGO

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> On May 30, 2016 7:47 AM, Kelly Pierce via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Debbie S. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> R2015-565.pdf 
>> 
>> City of Chicago 
>> 
>> Office of the City Clerk 
>> 
>> Document Tracking Sheet 
>> 
>> R2015-565 
>> 
>> Meeting Date: 
>> 
>> Sponsor(s): 
>> 
>> Type: 
>> 
>> Title: 
>> 
>> Committee(s) Assignment: 
>> 
>> 7/29/2015 
>> 
>> Maldonado (26) 
>> 
>> Resolution 
>> 
>> Call for reestablishment of Task Force on Employment and 
>> 
>> Economic Opportunity for People with Disabilities 
>> 
>> Committee on Workforce Development and Audit 
>> 
>> RESOLUTION 
>> 
>> WHEREAS, historically, the City of Chicago, with the cooperation of other 
>> governmental units, has 
>> 
>> committed to increase the employment of people with disabilities to a rate 
>> that is as close as possible to 
>> 
>> the employment rate of the general adult population; and, 
>> 
>> WHEREAS, it is estimated that twenty percent of Chicago residents have at 
>> least one disability; and 
>> 
>> WHEREAS, the unemployment rate for persons with disabilities far exceeds 
>> the 
>> unemployment rate for 
>> 
>> persons without disabilities; and, 
>> 
>> WHEREAS, it is estimated that seventy percent of all people with 
>> disabilities are unemployed; 
>> 
>> WHEREAS, there are many qualified persons with disabilities who are unable 
>> to obtain competitive 
>> 
>> employment; and, 
>> 
>> WHEREAS, millions of federal and City dollars are invested each year in 
>> education, training, supported 
>> 
>> employment, vocational training and other services related to the 
>> employment 
>> and training of persons 
>> 
>> with disabilities in Chicago without any significant gains in the rate of 
>> competitive employment for 
>> 
>> persons with disabilities; and, 
>> 
>> WHEREAS, there has been a history of barriers to equal employment 
>> opportunity for persons with 
>> 
>> disabilities in Chicago and those barriers continue to exist in the public 
>> and the private sectors; 
>> 
>> WHEREAS, in 2002, a City-wide Task Force on Employment of People With 
>> Disabilities was 
>> 
>> established by Executive Order 2002-3 to formulate and recommend to the 
>> Mayor, policies and programs 
>> 
>> designed to improve and increase employment opportunities for people with 
>> disabilities in both the public 
>> 
>> and private sectors; and 
>> 
>> WHEREAS, it is in the best social and economic interests of the City of 
>> Chicago to expand competitive 
>> 
>> employment and economic opportunity for persons with disabilities; now, 
>> therefore 
>> 
>> BE IT RESOLVED, that the Chicago City Council shall hereby re-establish the 
>> Task Force on 
>> 
>> Employment and Economic Opportunity for People with Disabilities with the 
>> purpose of: (a) developing 
>> 
>> community and economic development efforts to increase full community 
>> integration and economic 
>> 
>> inclusion of persons with disabilities; (b) promoting partnership between 
>> the public and private sectors to 
>> 
>> increase employment and other economic opportunities for persons with 
>> disabilities; and (c) providing to 
>> 
>> the Mayor and the City Council policy and program recommendations designed 
>> to increase employment 
>> 
>> and economic opportunities for people with disabilities throughout the 
>> City, 
>> and within city government. 
>> 
>> Roberto Maldonado 
>> 
>> Alderman, 26"" Ward 
>> 
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