[NFBF-Melbourne] FW: Trump Administration Squashes Plan To End Subminimum Wage Employment Of People With Disabilities

[Dr. Joyce Taylor]

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Subject: Trump Administration Squashes Plan To End Subminimum Wage Employment Of People With Disabilities


Check out this article from Disability Scoop: https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/07/10/trump-administration-squashes-plan-to-end-subminimum-wage-employment-of-people-with-disabilities/31529/

We have worked so hard for many years in the National Federation of the Blind, to end this policy of paying blind people less than minimum wages, in sheltered workshops. I am very disappointed in the action taken by the current administration, supporting subminimum wages for people with disabilities. This policy is just wrong, and is not fair to these employees with disabilities. 

Marilyn Baldwin 
Vice President 
Central Florida Chapter 
National Federation of the Blind 

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