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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>----- Forwarded Message -----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Tom Page <topage@swbell.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> topage@swbell.net<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, July 25, 2011 2:48 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Home-on-the-range] Blind Kansans to picket Sen. Roberts Wichita office<BR></FONT><WBR>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Members of the National Federation of the Blind of Kansas will stage an informational picket on Tuesday July 26<SUP>th</SUP> at 10:00am at the offices of Senator Pat Roberts in Wichita (155 N. Market).<SPAN> </SPAN>See below for more information about the issue.<SPAN> </SPAN>At this time Senator Roberts office has not released a statement.</FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>CONTACT:</FONT></FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>In Wichita: </FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Tom Page </FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>1<SUP>st</SUP> Vice President </FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>National Federation of the Blind of Kansas</FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>316-734-4839</FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri><FONT size=4>316</FONT>-267-7868</FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>national contact:</FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Chris Danielsen</FONT></FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Director of Public Relations</FONT></FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>National Federation of the Blind</FONT></FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>(410) 659-9314, extension 2330</FONT></FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>(410) 262-1281 (Cell)</FONT></FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>cdanielsen@nfb.org</FONT></FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Blind Americans to Protest Subminimum Wages</FONT></FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Members of National Federation of the Blind Plan</FONT></FONT>
<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN> </SPAN>Informational Pickets Across United States</FONT></FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Baltimore, Maryland (July 20, 2011): The National Federation of the Blind, the oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind people, announced today that its members will conduct informational protests across the United States to raise awareness about the practice of paying wages below the federal minimum wage to Americans with disabilities.<SPAN> </SPAN>The protests will take place at the primary district office locations of United States Senators serving on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (the HELP Committee).<SPAN> </SPAN>The HELP Committee is currently considering legislationthe Workforce Investment Actwhich would reauthorize the payment of subminimum wages to disabled workers.</FONT></FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: “Unequal pay for equal work on the basis of disability is unfair, discriminatory, and immoral.<SPAN> </SPAN>The senators who serve on the HELP Committee must decide whether they stand for the outrageous exploitation of disabled workers, or for true equality for Americans with disabilities.”</FONT></FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>On Wednesday, August 3, the HELP Committee is scheduled to vote on the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), which contains language reauthorizing the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.<SPAN> </SPAN>The Rehabilitation Act is supposed to provide services to disabled Americans so that they can obtain competitive employment, but Title V, Section 511 of the proposed Rehabilitation Act language references Section 14(c) of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which allows certain entities holding special wage certificates to pay workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage.<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>For more information on the National Federation of the Blind and fair wages for workers with disabilities, please visit www.nfb.org. </FONT></FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>About the National Federation of the Blind</FONT></FONT>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv362752353MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the United States.<SPAN> </SPAN>The NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence.<SPAN> </SPAN>It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind.<SPAN> </SPAN>In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.</FONT></FONT>
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