[Nfbk] Fwd: [Nfb-legislative-directors] ACTION ALERT Please Tweet St. Louis Board of Aldermen

[kayla.penny at louisville.edu]

See below for a Twitter call to action.  If everyone could participate in the next 36 hours it would be a big help.

Thanks,
Katie

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From: "Sloan, Rose via Nfb-legislative-directors" <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>>
Date: September 30, 2015 at 5:22:18 PM EDT
To: "'Nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org<mailto:Nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>'" <Nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org<mailto:Nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>>
Cc: "Sloan, Rose" <rsloan at nfb.org<mailto:rsloan at nfb.org>>
Subject: [Nfb-legislative-directors] ACTION ALERT Please Tweet St. Louis Board of Aldermen
Reply-To: NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org>>

Hi Legislative Directors,

As many of you know, and as President Riccobono mentioned in his President's Notebook, there has been a lot of discussion in St. Louis regarding fair wages for people with disabilities. Last month, a board bill was passed that increased the minimum wage and ensured that people with disabilities also received at least the minimum wage. However, since then, an alderman has introduced a bill to reinstate the exemption that allows people with disabilities to be paid subminimum wages. This bill will come up for a vote on Friday, October 2. Over the next thirty-six hours, we need to show our support for Mayor Francis Slay (@MayorSlay) and Alderwoman Christine Ingrassia (@Chryssi) by tweeting them to reaffirm that they did the right thing. Everyone deserves #fairswages.

Please use the following tweets as inspiration to create your own. Let's let our voices be heard!

Thank you @chryssi for supporting #fairwages for #PWD.

Thank you @MayorSlay for supporting #fairwages for #PWD.

@MayorSlay Your support of #fairwages for #PWD helps them live the lives they want.

@Chryssi Your support of #fairwages for #PWD helps them live the lives they want.

Thank you @MayorSlay for standing up for #fairwages for #PWD.

Thank you @Chryssi for standing up for #fairwages for #PWD.

Feel free to spread the word far and wide. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks as always for all that you do.

Yours in the fight for #fairwages,

Rose


Rose Sloan
Government Affairs Specialist

National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2441
Email: rsloan at nfb.org<mailto:rsloan at nfb.org>

It's TIME to Eliminate Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities
http://www.nfb.org/TIME

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