[nabs-l] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Fwd: National Federation of theBlind Urges Boycott of Goodwill Industries

Fri Jun 8 21:53:07 UTC 2012

I=20forwarded=20it=20to=20a=20lot=20of=20my=20offlist,=20non-blind=20contac=
ts=20in=20
hopes=20that=20they=20will=20take=20up=20the=20boycott=20as=20well.=20We=20=
need=20to=20
spread=20this!

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Stephanie=20H.=20DeLuca"=20<sjhhirst at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>,Elizabeth=20Dong=20<elizdong at gmail.com>,=20Thuy=20
Tuong=20Nguyen=20<tweety.86 at gmail.com>,Kristian=20Kaufmann=20
<khanyisokaufmann at gmail.com>,=20Meryl=20Harsadi=20
<mharsadi at gmail.com>,Julia=20Koehler=20
<julia.koehler at vanderbilt.edu>,=20Mom=20<laurie.lk at hotmail.com>,=20
Alice=20DeLuca=20<alice at solynx.com
Date=20sent:=20Fri,=208=20Jun=202012=2010:22:29=20-0500
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Fwd:=20[Nfbnet-members-list]=20Fwd:=20National=20
Federation=20of=20theBlind=20Urges=20Boycott=20of=20Goodwill=20Industries

So=20this=20is=20interesting....

In=20the=20field=20of=20observation,=20chance=20favors=20only=20the=20prepa=
red=20
mind.
=20=20=20=20~Louis=20Pasteur,=20lecture=201854

----------=20Forwarded=20message=20----------
From:=20David=20Andrews=20<dandrews at visi.com
Date:=20Thu,=20Jun=207,=202012=20at=2011:37=20PM
Subject:=20[Nfbnet-members-list]=20Fwd:=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=
=20
Blind=20Urges
Boycott=20of=20Goodwill=20Industries
To:=20nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org

*FOR=20IMMEDIATE=20RELEASE
*

*CONTACT:
*
Chris=20Danielsen

Director=20of=20Public=20Relations

National=20Federation=20of=20the=20Blind
(410)=20659-9314,=20extension=202330
(410)=20262-1281(Cell)
cdanielsen at nfb.org

*National=20Federation=20of=20the=20Blind=20Urges=20Boycott=20of=20Goodwill=
=20
Industries*

*Condemns=20Practice=20of=20Paying=20Subminimum=20Wages=20to=20Workers=20wi=
th=20
Disabilities*

*Baltimore,=20Maryland=20(June=207,=202012):*=20The=20National=20Federation=
=20of=20
the
Blind<http://www.nfb.org/>(NFB),=20one=20of=20the=20oldest=20and=20largest
organizations=20of=20Americans=20with
disabilities,=20today=20called=20for=20a=20boycott=20of=20Goodwill=20Indust=
ries
International,=20Inc.,=20the=20nonprofit=20manufacturer=20and=20retailer,=20=
for=20
its
payment=20of=20subminimum=20wages=20to=20many=20of=20its=20workers=20with=20=

disabilities.
Freedom=20of=20information=20requests=20filed=20by=20the=20NFB=20confirmed=
=20that=20
Goodwill
Industries=20employees=20have=20been=20paid=20as=20low=20as=20$1.44=20an=20=
hour.=20=20The=20
NFB=20and=20over
forty-five=20other
organizations<http://nfb.org/Images/nfb/documents/word/HR_3086_Su
pport_List_2.doc>support
legislation,=20the=20Fair
Wages=20for=20Workers=20with=20Disabilities
Act<http://nfb.org/Images/nfb/SI/Fair%20Wages%20for%20Workers%202
012.pdf>(H..R.
3086),=20which=20would=20phase=20out=20and=20then=20repeal=20the=20nearly
seventy-five-year-old=20provision=20of=20the=20Fair=20Labor=20Standards=20A=
ct=20
that
permits=20special=20certificate
holders<http://www.dol.gov/whd/specialemployment/CRPlist.htm>to=20
pay
subminimum=20wages=20to=20workers=20with=20disabilities.

Dr.=20Marc=20Maurer,=20President=20of=20the=20National=20Federation=20of=20=
the
Blind<http://www.twitter.com/nfb_voice>,
said:=20=93Goodwill=20Industries=20is=20one=20of=20the=20most=20well-known=
=20and=20
lucrative
charitable=20organizations=20in=20the=20United=20States,=20yet=20it=20choos=
es=20to=20
pay=20its
workers=20with=20disabilities=20less=20than=20the=20federal=20minimum=20wag=
e.=20=20
While=20this
practice=20is=20currently=20legal=20and=20many=20entities=20engage=20in=20i=
t,=20many=20
other
nonprofit=20organizations=20have=20successfully=20transitioned=20to=20payin=
g=20
their
employees=20the=20minimum=20wage=20or=20higher.=20=20That=20Goodwill=20Indu=
stries=20
exploits
many=20of=20its=20workers=20in=20this=20way=20is=20ironic,=20because=20its=
=20president=20
and=20chief
executive=20officer=20is=20blind.=20=20Goodwill=20cannot=20credibly=20argue=
=20that=20
workers
with=20disabilities=20are=20incapable=20of=20doing=20productive=20work=20wh=
ile=20
paying=20its
blind=20CEO=20over=20half=20a=20million=20dollars=20a=20year.=20=20Goodwill=
=20should=20be=20
ashamed
of=20such=20blatant=20hypocrisy.=20=20=20We=20are=20calling=20upon=20all=20=
Americans=20to=20
refuse=20to
do=20business=20with=20Goodwill=20Industries,=20to=20refuse=20to=20make=20d=
onations=20
to=20the
subminimum-wage=20exploiter,=20and=20to=20refuse=20to=20shop=20in=20its=20r=
etail=20
stores=20until
it=20exercises=20true=20leadership=20and=20sound=20moral=20judgment=20by=20=
fairly
compensating=20its=20workers=20with=20disabilities.=94

For=20more=20information=20on=20this=20critically=20important=20issue,=20pl=
ease=20
visit
www.nfb.org/fairwages.

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*

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*

*
*
*About=20the=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=20Blind
*

With=20more=20than=2050,000=20members,=20the=20National=20Federation=20of=20=
the=20
Blind=20is=20the
largest=20and=20most=20influential=20membership=20organization=20of=20blind=
=20
people=20in=20the
United=20States.=20=20=20The=20NFB=20improves=20blind=20people=92s=20lives=
=20through=20
advocacy,
education,=20research,=20technology,=20and=20programs=20encouraging=20
independence=20and
self-confidence.=20=20It=20is=20the=20leading=20force=20in=20the=20blindnes=
s=20field=20
today=20and
the=20voice=20of=20the=20nation's=20blind.=20=20In=20January=202004=20the=20=
NFB=20opened=20
the
National=20Federation=20of=20the=20Blind=20Jernigan=20Institute,=20the=20fi=
rst=20
research=20and
training=20center=20in=20the=20United=20States=20for=20the=20blind=20led=20=
by=20the=20
blind.

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