[Nfbmt] NFB of Montana Resolutions 2013

[Dan Burke]

Thanks for getting these out to the members so quickly Joy!

We done good, didn't we?
Dan


On 10/27/13, Bruce&Joy Breslauer <bjb5757 at bresnan.net> wrote:
> RESOLUTION 2013-01
>
> Calling for the Removal of Section 511 of the Workforce investment Act of
> 2013
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, it has been legal to pay workers with disabilities subminimum
> wages
> under Section 14(C) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) since 1938; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, legality notwithstanding, paying workers with disabilities
> subminimum wages is unfair, discriminatory, and immoral, and the National
> Federation of the Blind is determined to end this unjust practice in the
> land of the free by eliminating Section 14(C) from the FLSA; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, Title V, Section 511 of the Workforce Investment Act
> reauthorization purports to limit the tracking of youth with disabilities
> into subminimum wage employment, but actually creates an unprecedented and
> unacceptable link between Vocational Rehabilitation and the systemic
> exploitation of workers with disabilities; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, Section 511 would be a tacit endorsement of the subminimum wage
> provision found in Section 14(C) of the FLSA and its antiquated contention
> that people with disabilities cannot be competitively employed; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, Section 511 links the Rehabilitation Act, which was established to
> assist people with disabilities in obtaining competitive integrated
> employment, with Section 14(C) of the FLSA, which is based on the false
> premise that people with disabilities cannot be competitively employed and
> therefore can be paid subminimum wages; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, the language of Section 511 is only contained in the Senate
> version
> of the bill, S. 1356, and not in the House version: Now therefore,
>
>
>
> BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Montana in
> convention assembled this Twenty-seventh Day of October, 2013, in the city
> of Billings, Montana, that this organization calls on its United States
> Senators, The Honorable Max Baucus and The Honorable Jon Tester, to support
> fair wages for all American workers by actively working for the removal of
> Title V, Section 511 from S. 1356 before its passage by the United States
> Senate, and
>
>
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we call on our entire Montana Congressional
> Delegation to cosponsor the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of
> 2013.
>
>
>
> Resolution 2013-02
>
> Calling for the Restoration of Intercity Bus Service in Montana
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) shut down
> Rimrock Stages on March 22, 2013, leaving Montana intercity bus service in
> shambles; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, blind citizens of Montana, along with other nondrivers, have long
> relied on intercity bus transportation to travel the great distances
> between
> Montana cities; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, currently, the only route with intercity bus service at all runs
> between Billings and Missoula, and even our own State Capitol of Helena
> does
> not have intercity bus service; and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, this lack of intercity bus service has a serious significant
> negative economic impact on the citizens of and the visitors to our state;
> and
>
>
>
> WHEREAS, Seven months after Rimrock's shutdown, plans for restoring
> intercity bus service in Montana are still in serious disarray: Now
> therefore,
>
>
>
> BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Montana in
> convention assembled on this Twenty-seventh Day of October, 2013, in the
> city of Billings, Montana, that this organization calls on Governor Steve
> Bullock to bring the full resources of his office to bear on restoring
> safe,
> reliable, and affordable intercity bus service in Montana.
>
>
>
>
>
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