[Nfbmt] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Comments on Verdict Against Henry’s Turkey Service

[Dan Burke]

subminimum wages are medieval and need to come to an end.

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CONTACT:
Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
Cdanielsen at nfb.org<mailto:Cdanielsen at nfb.org>

National Federation of the Blind Comments
on Verdict Against Henry’s Turkey Service
Baltimore, Maryland (May 2, 2013): The National Federation of the
Blind<http://www.nfb.org> commented today on a $240 million
verdict<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013130501009&gcheck=1>
awarded by an Iowa jury to disabled former employees of Henry’s Turkey
Service.
Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the
Blind<http://www.facebook.com/NationalFederationoftheBlind>, said:
“The National Federation of the Blind congratulates the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission for obtaining this important
verdict, and we commend the jury for recognizing the equal dignity and
value of workers with disabilities.  The jury in this case has sent a
strong message that the exploitation of Americans with disabilities is
morally reprehensible and those responsible must be punished.”
Among other forms of exploitation and abuse, the Henry’s Turkey
Service employees were paid only forty-one cents per hour.  Over four
hundred thousand other American workers with disabilities are paid
less than the federal minimum wage.  Under current law, subminimum
wage payments to workers with disabilities are legal under an
exemption in the Fair Labor Standards Act.  The National Federation of
the Blind and over fifty other organizations of people with
disabilities are seeking to phase out this discriminatory practice by
supporting the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of
2013<https://nfb.org/national-federation-blind-applauds-introduction-fair-wages-legislation>,
H.R. 831.
For more information on this issue, please visit http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages.

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