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

Thu Jul 21 13:56:45 UTC 2011

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On Jul 21, 2011, at 3:43 AM, T. Joseph Carter wrote:

> 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
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> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 07:54:38PM -0700, Humberto Avila wrote:
>> I am wondering. Are local chapters doing protests also?
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Dodge
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:41 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfb-announce] Blind Americans to Protest SubminimumWages
>> 
>> 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
>> ----------------------------------
>> David Dodge
>> Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions Rep.
>> State University of New York Student Assembly
>> English Major
>> University at Buffalo
>> 306 Clemens Hall
>> Buffalo, NY 14260
>> daviddod at buffalo.edu
>> 
>> 
>> 2011/7/20 <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Nusbaum
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:07 PM
>>> To: Blind Talk list ; NABS list ; NFBMD list ; NFB history list ; Josh
>>> Gregory ; Nathan Clark ; Mrs. Otwell ; Aloma Bouma ; Fred Schroeder
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] [Nfb-announce] Blind Americans to Protest Subminimum
>>> Wages
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---- 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
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Blind Americans to Protest Subminimum Wages
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Members of National Federation of the Blind Plan
>>> Informational Pickets Across United States
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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.?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> For more information on the National Federation
>>> of the Blind and fair wages for workers with
>>> disabilities, please visit <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.**org<http://www.nfb.org>
>>> .
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