[nabs-l] [Nfb-announce] Blind Americans to Protest SubminimumWages

Thu Jul 21 09:43:50 UTC 2011

Chapters are doing it, states are doing it, everyone is.  I’ll be 
posting what we’re doing here next here in Oregon in a bit.

Joseph - KF7QZC

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 07:54:38PM -0700, Humberto Avila wrote:
>I am wondering. Are local chapters doing protests also?
>
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>I would really like to help out with this if individual states are doing
>protests. Please let me know if any of you know what is going on in NY.
>Thanks.
>
>David
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>David Dodge
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>> Chris,
>> Everyone already got this message. But anyway is anyone going to protest?
>> It says in front of their offices. Does this mean its only in DC then or
>> local congressmen's offices?
>> I hope to get more details from my state president as to when and where
>> they will be and I might go to one. This is a very important issue.
>>
>> Ashley
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>> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Nusbaum
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>> ---- Original Message ------
>> From: "Freeh,Jessica" <JFreeh at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
>> <dandrews at visi.com>)
>> Subject: [Nfb-announce] Blind Americans to Protest Subminimum
>> Wages
>> Date sent: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:32:54 -0500
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>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>> CONTACT:
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>> Chris Danielsen
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>> Director of Public Relations
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>> National Federation of the Blind
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>> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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>> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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>> cdanielsen at nfb.org
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>> Blind Americans to Protest Subminimum Wages
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>> Members of National Federation of the Blind Plan
>>  Informational Pickets Across United States
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>> 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.  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).  The HELP
>> Committee is currently considering
>> legislation춗he Workforce Investment Act춛hich
>> would reauthorize the payment of subminimum wages to disabled
>> workers.
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>> Dr.  Marc Maurer, President of the National
>> Federation of the Blind, said: 밬nequal pay for
>> equal work on the basis of disability is unfair,
>> discriminatory, and immoral.  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.?
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>> 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.   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.
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>> For more information on the National Federation
>> of the Blind and fair wages for workers with
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