[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: [nfb-talk] Goodwill Pays Disabled Employees Less Than Minimum Wage | wusa9.com

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From: Lewis, Anil [mailto:ALewis at nfb.org] 
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 11:55 PM
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Subject: [nfb-talk] Goodwill Pays Disabled Employees Less Than Minimum Wage | wusa9.com

All:

Visit the following site for a recent news story on the Goodwill boycott.  Remember we are condemning the practice of paying subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.  If Goodwill adopts a policy of paying their workers with disabilities the federal minimum wage or more, it will put pressure on other subminimum wage employers to do the same.  please take the time to visit the site and to post a comment in support of our efforts.  FaceBook users should like the article, and our Twittter friends should tweet the link.

http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/208068/189/Goodwill-Pays-Disabled-Employees-Less-than-Minimum-Wage

Goodwill Pays Disabled Employees Less Than Minimum Wage | wusa9.com Written by Kristin Fisher

ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) -- One of the most well-known non-profits in the world is paying some disabled employees less than minimum wage. The National Federation of the Blind is urging a boycott of Goodwill in hopes it hopes it will convince the organization to stop this practice, a practice that is perfectly legal under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/208068/189/Goodwill-Pays-Disabled-Employees-Less-than-Minimum-Wage

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Anil

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

"Eliminating Subminimum Wages For People With Disabilities"

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
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Baltimore, Maryland   21230

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