[Nfbmt] Fwd: [Chapter-presidents] Over 1, 500 Signatures to Support Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities

[Dan Burke]

As Anil suggests, share this with friends and family members.  I know
that several of mine have already signed.
Dan


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Lewis, Anil" <ALewis at nfb.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 13:13:37 +0000
Subject: [Chapter-presidents] Over 1, 500 Signatures to Support Fair
Wages for Workers with Disabilities
To: "Lewis, Anil" <ALewis at nfb.org>


We continue our struggle to phase out the use of Special Wage
Certificates that allow employers to pay workers with disabilities
less than the federal minimum wage.  The Fair Wages for Workers with
Disabilities Act of 2013 (HR 831), to repeal Section 14(c) of the Fair
Labor Standards Act, has been introduced and currently has 23
co-sponsors.  We have found a true champion in our Sponsor,
Congressman Gregg Harper of Mississippi.  We have developed an online
petition to assist us in our effort to demonstrate public support and
to promote public awareness of our Fair Wage issue.

To sign the petition, you should visit
www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition<http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition>.

We would like to thank those of you who have signed the petition and
circulated the information to your family and friends.  To those of
you that meant to sign, but just forgot to get around to it.  Now is
the time to get around to it.  We currently have over 1,500 signatures
on our petition, and with your continued assistance, we should be able
to get 2,000 signatures before the end of the week.

It is not enough for you to sign the petition.  You should encourage
your friends, family, colleagues and classmates to sign as well.  Post
the information to Facebook.  Tweet about it.  Send emails to your
network of friends.  If you do not have an email address, find several
people that have email and ask them to go online and sign the
petition.  Then encourage them to encourage their family and friends.
Please consider other ways you can spread the word about our struggle.

For more information about the Fair Wage issue visit:
http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages


Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A.
Director of Advocacy and Policy

"Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities"
http://www.nfb.org/fairwages
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland   21230
(410) 659-9314 ext. 2374 (Voice)
(410) 685-5653 (FAX)
Email: alewis at nfb.org
Web: www.nfb.org
twitter: @anillife




-- 
Dan Burke, President
The National Federation of the Blind of Montana
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