[nabs-l] Goodwill Boycott

Sun Jun 10 04:19:49 UTC 2012

Brandon,=20I=20see=20what=20you=20mean=20at=20people=20shopping=20at=20Good=
will.=20But=20
I=20have=20sold=20old=20clothes=20and=20stuff=20to=20Goodwill=20as=20well.=
=20I=20think=20
they=20mean=20a=20boycott=20in=20the=20buying=20and=20selling=20senses.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Brandon=20Keith=20Biggs"=20<brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sat,=209=20Jun=202012=2019:42:01=20-0700
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Goodwill=20Boycott

Hello,
I=20have=20not=20shopped=20at=20good=20will=20in=20many=20years.=20I=20don'=
t=20know=20very=20
many=20people
who=20shop=20at=20Good=20Will,=20so=20I'm=20not=20sure=20if=20a=20Boycott=20=
alone=20will=20do=20
the=20trick.
Maybe=20if=20everyone=20contacted=20their=20newspapers=20and=20TV=20station=
s=20
telling=20them=20of
the=20boycott=20and=20why=20there=20is=20a=20boycott.=20Many=20people=20fin=
d=20that=20
working
without=20minimum=20wage=20is=20insane.=20But=20just=20to=20hammer=20the=20=
point=20
home,=20point=20out
that=20this=20under=20minimum=20wage=20is=20a=20way=20for=20the=20United=20=
States=20to=20
keep=20a
handhold=20on=20under=20minimum=20wage=20so=20there=20is=20some=20way=20for=
=20under=20
minimum=20wage
to=20be=20instituted=20back=20in=20for=20everyone=20else.=20The=20precedent=
=20is=20
there,=20so
everyone=20needs=20to=20overturn=20this=20law=20so=20no=20one=20anywhere=20=
in=20the=20
United=20States
can=20ever=20be=20paid=20under=20minimum=20wage=20=20again.
Thanks,

Brandon=20Keith=20Biggs
-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Humberto=20Avila
Sent:=20Saturday,=20June=2009,=202012=207:10=20PM
To:=20'National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list'
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Goodwill=20Boycott

Hello,=20I=20agree=20with=20this=20as=20well.=20I=20hope=20that=20by=20doin=
g=20the=20
boycott=20to=20this
company,=20in=20the=20national=20/=20universal=20spectrum,=20we=20are=20abl=
e=20to=20put=20
pressure
on=20employers,=20and=20on=20other=20companies=20and=20corporations,=20as=20=
well=20as
organizations=20who=20pay=20subminimum=20wages.=20We=20could=20eventually=20=
end=20
up
spreading=20the=20word=20of=20stopping=20companies=20to=20pay=20subminimum=
=20wages=20
and=20they
could=20even=20see=20that=20people=20with=20disabilities=20and=20including=
=20blind=20
people=20are
capable=20of=20being=20paid=20like=20the=20sighted=20population.=20If=20pot=
ential=20
employers
see=20this=20change=20happening,=20those=20employers=20will=20have=20a=20li=
ght=20bulb=20
lit=20up,
and=20will=20be=20able=20to=20see=20that=20blind=20people=20are=20competent=
,=20then=20
will=20hire
them.=20Then=20we=20can=20make=20more=20change.=20I=20see=20this=20happenin=
g,=20from=20my=20
personal
opinion.=20Let's=20hope=20that=20the=20NFB=20does=20this.

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org=20
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]=20On
Behalf=20Of=20Sophie=20Trist
Sent:=20Saturday,=20June=2009,=202012=206:57=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Goodwill=20Boycott

Justin,

I=20agree=20with=20the=20points=20you've=20made.=20If=20Goodwill=20was=20bo=
ycotted
universally,=20it=20would=20put=20more=20pressure=20on=20them=20to=20pay=20=
their
disabled=20workers=20fair=20wages.=20Plus,=20if=20Goodwill=20developed=20a
centralized=20wage=20policy=20and=20gave=20their=20workers=20fair=20wages,=
=20other
corporations=20might=20follow=20their=20lead.

-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Justin=20Salisbury=20<PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu
To:=20"nabs-l at nfbnet.org"=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sat,=209=20Jun=202012=2023:19:15=20+0000
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Goodwill=20Boycott

One=20more=20note:=20I=20think=20that=20local=20business=20decision-makers=
=20within
Goodwill=20Industries=20would=20be=20educated/led=20to=20philosophical=20ch=
ange
simply=20by=20the=20fact=20that=20the=20corporate=20leaders=20of=20Goodwill=

Industries=20adopted=20a=20universal=20fair=20wage=20policy=20(if=20they=20=
did),=20so
that=20would=20help=20with=20the=20education,=20too.

Justin=20M.=20Salisbury
Class=20of=202012
B.A.=20in=20Mathematics
East=20Carolina=20University
president at alumni.ecu.edu

=93Never=20doubt=20that=20a=20small=20group=20of=20thoughtful,=20committed=
=20citizens
can=20change=20the=20world;=20indeed,=20it=92s=20the=20only=20thing=20that=
=20ever=20has.?
=97MARGARET=20MEAD
________________________________________
From:=20Justin=20Salisbury
Sent:=20Saturday,=20June=2009,=202012=207:13=20PM
To:=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject:=20Goodwill=20Boycott

Arielle,=20Gabe,=20and=20all:

I=20like=20the=20point=20that=20you've=20made=20about=20the=20decentralized=
=20wage
policies=20and=20rewarding=20good=20locations,=20but=20do=20you=20think=20t=
hat
perhaps=20a=20benefit=20to=20boycotting=20universally=20would=20be=20a
possibility=20that=20Goodwill=20Industries=20would=20create=20a=20centraliz=
ed
(universal)=20policy=20that=20all=20locations=20must=20pay=20their=20worker=
s=20fair
wages?

I=20feel=20like=20the=20end=20result=20that=20we=20want=20is=20for=20Goodwi=
ll
Industries=20to=20adopt=20a=20universal=20standard=20of=20paying=20all=20wo=
rkers
fair=20wages,=20and=20the=20approach=20that=20you=20all=20have=20mentioned=
=20seems=20to
me=20to=20address=20the=20decisions=20in=20individual=20locations.=20=20I=20=
do
understand=20the=20point=20of=20leading=20local=20business=20leaders=20to=20=
undergo
philosophical=20change=20and=20choose=20to=20pay=20their=20workers=20fair=20=
wages,
but=20which=20item=20is=20the=20top=20priority:=20education=20of=20individu=
als=20or
achievement=20of=20fair=20wages?=20=20=20That's=20not=20a=20rhetorical=20qu=
estion;=20I
want=20to=20hear=20opinions=20on=20it.

Justin

Justin=20M.=20Salisbury
Class=20of=202012
B.A.=20in=20Mathematics
East=20Carolina=20University
president at alumni.ecu.edu

=93Never=20doubt=20that=20a=20small=20group=20of=20thoughtful,=20committed=
=20citizens
can=20change=20the=20world;=20indeed,=20it=92s=20the=20only=20thing=20that=
=20ever=20has.?
=97MARGARET=20MEAD

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