[nabs-l] Please do me a favor NABS

[Derek Manners]

Hello NABS. Recently the national office sent out a request that folks fill out a form on https://nfb.org/ice letting the federal government know that sub minimum wages for disabled workers are injustice. 

Please go to the above link and fill out the short form. All you have to say is that you are a disabled American and you deserve to be paid the same wage for the same job as your sighted peers. 

Here's my story:  When I was in high school, I got a job at my local college textbook store. I was paid $3.00 an hour despite the fact that my less capable and less ambitious peers were making $8.00. Even more unjustly, the minimum wage was over $5.00 at the time. 

After 3 months, I was promoted to assistant manager which should have increased my pay to $12 an hour. However, because I was blind, I was kept at my sub minimum wage of $3.00 an hour. I had the responsibility of  hiring, firing, and training non-disabled workers who were making more money than me. 

At the time, I did not realize what an injustice this was. I was so accepting of the notion that I was blind and therefore deserved to be paid less, I didn't fight it. 

Now that I attend Harvard Law School and have a better understanding of blindness and my own capabilities, I realize the injustice that was done to me. 

Please help me end this evil program so no other blind person in America gets mistreated the way I was. Go to https://nfb.org/ice and fill out the form. It'll literally take you less time than it took to read this email. 

Thank you
Derek Manners

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