[nfbmi-talk] advocaes cracking down on shelterred shops?

Sat Aug 16 00:35:31 UTC 2014

I couldn't agree with you more on all counts Terry.

Let them all get jobs in the DPS...The dreaded private sector.

Cut out the middlemen and just start cutting checks to people who are blind.

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> In my opinion, the ONLY ACCOUNTABILITY will come when funds are ended from
> flowing to the slave masters and herders and handlers of persons with
> disabilities.  And some prison time to boot!
>
> There is no advocacy in Michigan for persons with disabilities.  MPAS is 
> as
> useless as BS4Bp, as MPAS also disacriminates against persons with
> disabilities, by requiring a Michigan drivers license be possessed by a
> person holding a position of advocate.  What a joke.  What does an 
> advocate
> of civil rights have to do with possession of a driver's license?  The
> answer:  It keeps unqualified family, friends, and lovers of MPAS 
> employees
> in a job
> !  Sound familiar?  The funds for these jokers would be best spent by 
> ending
> funding, and giving the funds directly to persons with disabilities in
> Michigan and across America.  Then the jokers would be faced with getting 
> a
> real and meaningful job, like feeding the public at fast food
> establishments.  At least they will be taxpayers rather than tax takers 
> and
> tax wasters!  And then only if the employer is not getting taxpayer
> corporate welfare, under the guise of assisting the economically
> disadvantaged.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lydia
> Anne Schuck via nfbmi-talk
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 9:27 AM
> To: Fred Wurtzel
> Cc: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] advocaes cracking down on shelterred shops?
>
> Some of you know I work in a national level project that provides 
> technical
> assistance to state and local departments of education who are developing
> programming for youth in transition to adulthood.  I want to add to what 
> Joe
> posted.  The folks we work with in Rhode Island's department of education
> have a decree against them from the office of civil rights.  It says that
> young people who entered subminimum wage employment during high school 
> were
> not offered other alternatives after they left high school.  These are
> individuals who may not know they have other options unless someone tells
> them what is available.  So the transition folks in Rhode Island now have 
> to
> put policies and procedures into place to show that people are at least 
> told
> what their options are.  A similar judgment was made against Oregon.
>
> Now, I am not hopeful that there will be much change in Michigan.  But, as
> the post from Joe showed, there is at least a national effort to find ways
> to hold people accountable. We should look at places like Peckham through
> the educational referral system, not just the rehab system.
>
> Lydia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fred Wurtzel via nfbmi-talk <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> Sent: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:00:21 -0400 (EDT)
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>
> Hi,
>
> The likelihood of such a so-called crackdown is slim and none in Michigan.
> MPAS is part of the corrupt money sucking federal rip-off taking place in
> Michigan on a wholesale scale.
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> harcz Comcast via nfbmi-talk
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 8:10 AM
> To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: BRIAN SABOURIN; Elmer Cerano MPAS; MARK CODY; MARK MCWILLIAMS MPAS
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] advocaes cracking down on shelterred shops?
>
> Advocates Cracking Down On Sheltered Workshops
>
> By
>
> Michelle Diament
>
>
>
> August 15, 2014 Text Size
>
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> A
>
> Jeff Long was one of 21 men with intellectual disabilities discovered in
> 2009 toiling away at an Iowa turkey processing plant and living in
> deplorable conditions
>
> while earning just $65 per month from an employer with an expired 
> subminimum
> wage certificate. (Melanie Burford/Dallas Morning News/MCT)
>
>
>
> Jeff Long was one of 21 men with intellectual disabilities discovered in
> 2009 toiling away at an Iowa turkey processing plant and living in
> deplorable conditions
>
> while earning just $65 per month from an employer with an expired 
> subminimum
> wage certificate. (Melanie Burford/Dallas Morning News/MCT)
>
>
>
> A nationwide effort is underway to lodge federal complaints against
> sheltered workshops that are not fully complying with the law.
>
>
>
> The National Disability Rights Network - an umbrella group for the
> federally-mandated protection and advocacy organizations in each state - 
> is
> asking its
>
> members to aggressively review the practices of employers in their area 
> that
> pay people with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 
> per
>
> hour.
>
>
>
> Under current law, employers can obtain special permission from the U.S.
> Department of Labor to pay people with disabilities what's known as
> subminimum
>
> wage. However, businesses with special wage certificates must adhere to
> strict procedures when doing so, regularly assessing each worker's
> productivity
>
> level, among other requirements.
>
>
>
> "We have good reason to believe that in many cases things are not being 
> done
> correctly in those environments," said Amy Scherer, a staff attorney with
> the
>
> National Disability Rights Network, which
>
> found
>
> in a 2011 report that government oversight of employers paying subminimum
> wage is limited.
>
>
>
> Through an initiative launched late last month, the national group is 
> urging
> its members across the country to report suspected violations to the
> Department
>
> of Labor. Already, an employer was discovered with no records documenting
> the payment of subminimum wage to its workers with disabilities.
>
>
>
> Individuals can contact the protection and advocacy organization in their
> state if they are aware of a potential violation, Scherer said. Her group 
> is
> hopeful
>
> that a coordinated effort to file complaints this summer will spur the 
> Labor
> Department to act.
>
>
>
> Officials with the federal agency said they welcome the effort.
>
>
>
> "The agency has been pursuing strategies to strengthen compliance," a
> Department of Labor spokeswoman said in a statement to Disability Scoop.
> "These strategies
>
> include using all available enforcement tools to remedy and deter future
> violations; providing new compliance assistance materials and tools; and
> hosting
>
> new compliance conferences for employers, community rehabilitation 
> programs,
> advocates, workers and other interested parties."
>
>
>
> Hundreds of thousands of people with developmental disabilities are 
> believed
> to work for less than minimum wage. But the practice has become 
> contentious
>
> in recent years as individuals increasingly live and work in the community
> as opposed to segregated environments.
>
>
>
> Just last month, President Barack Obama
>
> signed
>
> legislation limiting the ability of many young adults with disabilities to
> work for less than minimum wage unless they first explore other employment
> options.
>
>
>
> Source:
>
>
>
> http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/08/15/advocates-cracking-down/19588/
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