[NFBF-Jacksonville] FW: Legislative Alert: Time Sensitive Action Required

[Andrew Rood]

I voted.

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 12:46 PM Kaye Baker via NFBF-Jacksonville <
nfbf-jacksonville at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greetings all:
>
> So often you have heard me say that even members who do not go to
> Washington Seminar can still participate in and are vital to the
> legislative process. Now is one of those times. Please read the email
> below, and follow the instructions to send your comments pertaining to the
> payment of subminimum wages to people who are blind.
>
> If you have any questions,  please let me know.
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> *From:* National Federation of the Blind <webmaster at nfb.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 16, 2025 12:01 PM
> *To:* Kaye Baker <kaye.j.zimpher at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Legislative Alert: Time Sensitive Action Required
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> Public Comment Required on Subminimum Wages
>
> On December 4, 2024, the US Department of Labor released a Notice of
> Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the phaseout of Section 14(c) of the
> Fair Labor Standards Act. The National Federation of the Blind fully
> supports this NPRM and submitted comments on Wednesday, January 15.
>
> The NPRM has received thousands of individual comments from those in favor
> of keeping subminimum wages for people with disabilities. We apologize that
> we did not anticipate such a substantial response from these individuals
> who support subminimum wages. As a result, we have an urgent request for
> our members to submit comments by the deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Friday,
> January 17
>
> All comments are helpful even if the comment is, "I believe people with
> disabilities should be paid at least the minimum wage, and 14(c)
> certificates should be phased out.” All public comments should be submitted
> using the online form found at the Federal Register's website
> <https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=37205&qid=10892933>.
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> The page contains a place for you to type in your comment, and then you
> will need to select that you are an individual, which will bring up fields
> for you to type in your first and last name. You will then need to check a
> box acknowledging you are aware any information you provide will be
> publicly available on regulations.gov before clicking “submit.”
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