[nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied accessatgoodwill industries

[Margo and Arrow]

Hey, marsha, great idea; I've been sending out stuff right and left and 
forward and backward, etc.  I've been urging folks to boycott goodwill and 
many are dong it and are encouraging others to boycott.

margo and Arrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied 
accessatgoodwill industries


> Apparently none of their lawyers have heard about the ADA. Can someone 
> send
> me the original article about the service dog? Please. I think I am going 
> to
> send the fair wages information and then now this to all of my friends and
> family. I think they will be outraged at the less than minimum wages, but
> then an employer for disabled people would deny a service animal, they 
> must
> be crazy. I know my family and friends would see it as very interesting.
> When are they going to start to do right?
>
> Marsha
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Margo and Arrow
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:48 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied
> accessatgoodwill industries
>
> Hey, marsha, isn't this very ironic that we hear about goodwill not paying
> minimum wages very often and, then, right on the heels of that report, we
> hear of goodwill giving service naimal folks trouble.  Oh, and I guess
> goodwill and its attorneys are not aware of the A D A.
>
> Margo and Arrow
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied
> accessatgoodwill industries
>
>
>> Another reason to dislike Goodwill. Has anyone emailed this to the NCB? 
>> So
>> now Goodwill is discriminating with their employees in paying them less,
>> now
>> they are discriminating against guide dog users. Great job Goodwill! 
>> Sorry
>> that was sarcastic.
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Margo and Arrow
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:06 AM
>> To: new york association of guide dog users; NAGDU Mailing List, the
>> National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied access
>> atgoodwill
>> industries
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: cheryl echevarria
>> To: David R. Stayer ; Anil Lewis ; Margo Downey ; john pare jr. ; carl
>> jacobsen NFB of NY President
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:52 AM
>> Subject: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied access at goodwill
>> industries
>>
>>
>> I thought I would share this.
>>
>>
>> It was posted by my guide dog school, the guide dog foundation for the
>> blind
>> in Smithtown, NY.
>>
>>
>> My own comments, on this, really is Goodwill crazy or what, sorry very
>> unprofessional of me, but really.
>>
>>
>> Cheryl
>>
>>
>>
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>
>> This notice is not specific to Tennessee. If you have had access issues
>> with
>> any Goodwill facility, please contact the law firm below.
>>
>> Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee, a non-profit legal center
>> advocating
>> for the rights of Tennesseans with disabilities, together with the
>> national
>> civil
>> rights law firm Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian are
>> investigating
>> complaints of discrimination against shoppers with service animals at
>> Goodwill stores
>> across the United States. In particular, we are investigating complaints
>> that shoppers
>> have been asked to provide "credentials" or documentation for their
>> service
>> animals;
>> have been barred from entering or have been thrown out of Goodwill stores
>> because
>> they do not have documentation for their service animals; or have been
>> asked
>> questions
>> about their service animals even when the handler's disability or the
>> service provided
>> by the animal is obvious.
>> If you have been denied access to Goodwill stores or have been asked
>> inappropriate
>> questions by Goodwill employees because you use a service animal, we want
>> to
>> hear
>> from you.
>> To share your stories, please call Scott Grimes at Goldstein, Demchak's
>> toll
>> free
>> number: 1-800-822-5000, or email
>> sgrimes at gdblegal.com
>> , or Sheila Odusote at
>> sheilao at dlactn.org
>> . All communications will be kept confidential.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>>
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria, Owner
>> http://www.echevarriatravel.com
>> 631-456-5394
>> reservations at echevarriatravel.com
>> http://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
>>
>>
>> President
>> Travel and Tourism Division
>> National Federation of the Blind
>> 631-236-5138
>>
>>
>>
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