[Nfb-greeley] Fw: [Chapter-presidents] Goodwill Informational Protest

Sat Aug 4 00:33:36 UTC 2012

Here is information on the protest.
Might help with the decision.

Many blessings
Melissa and Pj
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of 
the world, but then you read." James Baldwin

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From: Lewis, Anil
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Subject: [Chapter-presidents] Goodwill Informational Protest

Goodwill Informational Protest

Taking Our Fight for Fair Wages to the Streets

Where:                 Goodwill Thrift Store Locations Around the Country

Date:                     August 25, 2012

Time:                    11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Local Time

This is an informational protest.  Our purpose is to promote public 
awareness of the unfair, discriminatory, and immoral practice of paying 
subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.  Goodwill is a household 
name, but most households do not realize that Goodwill is one of the many 
employers that pay less than the federal minimum wage to their workers with 
disabilities.  In order to effect a change in this policy, we are urging 
people not to shop at thrift stores affiliated with Goodwill Industries 
International and/or donate goods to Goodwill until they adopt a policy to 
pay at least the federal minimum wage to all of their workers with 
disabilities.  Signs will be used to attract attention and informational 
flyers will be distributed to the general public.

We are aware that some Goodwill-affiliated agencies pay their workers the 
minimum wage, and others have chosen to limit the vocational potential of 
these individuals by paying them pennies per hour.  The agencies that value 
their employees with disabilities by paying at least the federal minimum 
wage are setting an example for the others to follow, and they can provide 
the technical assistance necessary for the others to adopt a similar 
business model that pays a competitive wage to every employee.  As a result, 
Goodwill is in a better position than most to assist in bringing this 
discriminatory practice to an end.

We are setting up informational protests at Goodwill Thrift Store locations 
across the country.  The protests will occur between the hours of 11:00 a.m. 
and 1:00 p.m. local time.  The following website can be accessed to find 
local Goodwill Thrift Store locations: http://locator.goodwill.org.  A 
larger protest makes a better media presentation.  More protest sites 
provide greater direct public awareness.

One Goodwill Protest Site Location form should be completed for each protest 
site.  A form is attached and will be available for download at: 
www.nfb.org/fairwages.  All completed forms and emailed request should be 
sent to alewis at nfb.org.

Protest signs will be provided when requested.  All orders for signs must be 
submitted by August 20 to ensure they will be received in time for the 
protest.  Remember that only the signs will be provided.  Site Coordinator 
should obtain a four-foot length of 2-inches-wide by 1-inch-thick lumber 
that will be needed to support each sign.  A staple gun should be used to 
attach the lumber between two signs so that the sign can be read from either 
side.

Informational flyers will be available for download shortly before the 
protest date from www.nfb.org/fairwages.

Each site will have a Media Contact responsible for dealing with inquiries 
from the local media.  Of course, our national staff will be available to 
assist with this effort.  A national press release about the protest will be 
issued prior to the event, and a template to develop a local press release 
will be distributed and made available upon request.  We will also 
distribute talking points that can be used by a local spokesperson when 
interacting with the media.

We will be taking our fight for fair wages to the cyber streets as well.  We 
encourage everyone to take advantage of social media to spread the word 
about the protests.  Twitter users should Use the twitter hash tag 
#fairwages and the Goodwill twitter handle of @goodwillintl to post about 
local protests, and Facebook users should Post comments to Goodwill's 
Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/GoodwillIntl.

Sincerely,

Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A.
Director of Strategic Communications

"Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities"

http://www.nfb.org/fairwages

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland   21230

(410) 659-9314 ext. 2374 (Voice)

(410) 685-5653 (FAX)
Email: alewis at nfb.org
Web: www.nfb.org

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