[nfbmi-talk] Fw: nfb clinton call to end sub-minimum wage for pwd

[Terry D. Eagle]

I have an idea.  We should invite Mrs. Clinton to come to Michigan to speak
her message at our house, the Michigan State Capitol, and standing in unity
with Mrs. Clinton, carrying the same signs and armed with our printed
message and bullhorn we intended to use, that we were carrying Septemver 17
at the public ADA event, and see if Mrs. Clinton will be restricted to the
Austin Blair statute, and arrested for communicating her subminimum wage
elimination message, as she attempts to advance toward and go to the steps
of our house, to speak her message.  Of course, we need to invite Lt.
Governor Calley since he isn't concerned about such issues facing persons
with disabilities, unless of course, it might impact his daughter with a
disability.
 
Clinton Calls For End To Subminimum Wage

 

by Michelle Diament | March 30, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said this week that she
wants to see people with disabilities earning at least minimum wage. (Al
Seib/Los

Angeles Times/TNS)

 

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said this week that she
wants to see people with disabilities earning at least minimum wage. (Al
Seib/Los

Angeles Times/TNS)

 

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is speaking out about
sheltered workshops and the practice of paying people with disabilities less
than

minimum wage.

 

At a campaign stop this week, Clinton was asked by an attorney with autism
about subminimum wage.

 

"When it comes to jobs, we've got to figure out how we get the minimum wage
up and include people with disabilities in the minimum wage," Clinton said
at

the event in Madison, Wis. "There should not be a tiered wage and right now
there is a tiered wage when it comes to facilities that do provide
opportunities,

but not at a self-sufficient wage that enable people to gain a degree of
independence as far as they can go."

 

 

Under a federal law dating back to the 1930s, employers can obtain special
permission from the U.S. Department of Labor to pay people with disabilities

less than the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour.

 

Despite insistence from some families and advocates that low pay is still
necessary to ensure opportunities for people with disabilities who are
unable

to succeed in competitive employment, the practice is falling out of favor.

 

Last year, New Hampshire became the first state to

ban

subminimum wage. And, a 2014 federal

law

introduced new

limits

on who could be eligible to enter sheltered workshops or other employment
situations paying less than minimum wage.

 

In her remarks, Clinton referred to the practice as a "loophole."

 

Mark Riccobono, president of the National Federation of the Blind, which has
long advocated against subminimum wage, welcomed Clinton's stand.

 

"We call upon the other presidential candidates to join with us and over 75
other organizations of people with disabilities in supporting the repeal of

section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and to reject the
misconceptions and low expectations that have for too long kept people with
disabilities

from achieving our dreams," Riccobono said in a statement.

 

As of this year, the National Federation of the Blind said that Labor
Department statistics show about 3,000 employers nationwide paid over
250,000 people

with disabilities as little as pennies per hour.

Source:

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2016/03/30/clinton-end-subminimum-wage/22109
/
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