[nabs-l] [Nfb-announce] Blind Americans to ProtestSubminimum Wages

Fri Jul 22 02:49:45 UTC 2011

Thanks for telling us where protests are.
If anyone is in one, let us know how it goes.
Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Hartle, Jesse
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:38 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
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Wages

Hi All,

     The protests will be taking place in front of the state offices of the 
Senate Health Labor Education and Pensions (HELP)  Committee.  There are 22 
members of this committee representing 21 states.  I have listed the members 
of the committee and where they are from below.  If you live in one of these 
states, I encourage you to contact your state affiliate president for 
specific information related to that individual protest.  Jesse

Chairman Tom Harkin, Iowa
Ranking Member Michael B. Enzi, Wyoming
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska
John McCain, Arizona
Michael F. Bennet, Colorado
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
Johnny Isakson, Georgia
Mark Kirk, Illinois
Pat Roberts, Kansas
Rand Paul, Kentucky
Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland
Al Franken, Minnesota
Kay R. Hagan, North Carolina
Richard Burr, North Carolina
Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico
Jeff Merkley, Oregon
Robert P. Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Bernard Sanders, Vermont
Patty Murray, Washington

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Wages

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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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 
legislationthe Workforce Investment Actwhich would reauthorize the payment 
of subminimum wages to disabled workers.

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.  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.

###

About the National Federation of the Blind

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.  The NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, 
education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and 
self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the blindness field today and 
the voice of the nation's blind.  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.

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