[Nfbmt] A ridiculous Question

Mon Jan 6 14:47:01 UTC 2014

also my husband isn't just making subminimum wages, he only works twelve 
hours a week which means he brings home aproximately 120 dollars every 
two weeks.
that's not much money. Yoou can bet that most nondisabled people 
wouldn't even consider working for that.
On 1/5/2014 9:23 PM, Dan Burke wrote:
> It does matter that it is raised on Colorado and in Montana, because
> that means that while nondisabled workers may actually be guaranted a
> state minimum above the federal minimum wage, some disabled workers in
> those same states are still paid below the federal minimum wage. The
> divide grows wider and wider and we need to be the ones who bring a
> magnifing glass to this for the public and to bring it to an end!
>
> Dan
>
>
> On 1/5/14, Rebecca Stewart <becca33 at bresnan.net> wrote:
>> I'm sorry but I really don't care that they are raising the minimum wage in
>> CO.  Our issue is that our brethren are being paid "subminimum" wages so it
>> won't matter to our cause what CO raises their MW to.
>> Becca
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dmgina
>> Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2014 5:24 PM
>> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] A ridiculous Question
>>
>> What are they raising it too!
>>
>> Dar
>> Every saint has a past,
>> Every sinner has a future
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2014, at 2:42 PM, Dan Burke <burke.dall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Colorado is one of the states that is raising its minimum wage this year.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 1/5/14, Dmgina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
>>>> Wow what did you have for breakfast to come up with such thoughts smile!
>>>> As it was shared on the news, Montana doesn't have the money to keep up
>> with
>>>> the raises states are doing. They are doing well to keep jobs.
>>>> I do know to keep our mall open they need to come down in price for
>> renting
>>>> a space.
>>>> No wonder we shop on line.
>>>> This is happening al over, not just the disabled, or the blind.
>>>> It is good to get out there and take a stand.
>>>> We are proud to remind others we too need a raise in the working force.
>>>> Don't know if I came close to your question, just my thoughts.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dar
>>>> Every saint has a past,
>>>> Every sinner has a future
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 5, 2014, at 10:54 AM, "Rik James" <montanarikster at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am appreciating what the NFB legislative team is doing. I am looking
>>>>> forward to our trip to Washington, to be part of a collective voice to
>>>>> express our dismay and disgust at what is, and has been going on for
>> much
>>>>> too long for our fellow blind persons.
>>>>>
>>>>> What we will ask them, the Congressional representatives to do is
>>>>> important. For us, together and for each of individually, I guess I
>>>>> feel
>>>>> like I need to get my head together and be informed.
>>>>>
>>>>> And to be able to boil it down into a few concise and understandable
>> sound
>>>>> bytes. Because that is what we will have in the way of time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Go around the room, if you please, now, fellow Fedearationists.
>>>>>
>>>>> Speak your mind now amongst ourselves.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sing the Dress Rehearsal Rag.
>>>>> (Oops, sorry! I drifted in to my music world for a moment, with that
>>>>> Leonard Cohen song title.)
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you each know about the history of the minimum wage in America?
>>>>> In the general sense, I think this is valuable to understand.
>>>>>
>>>>> What are the big bullet points of that history, that have led us to
>> right
>>>>> now in time?
>>>>>
>>>>> History. All around us. Surrounding us.
>>>>> And the role we play, today, in that history.
>>>>> The future and the present. Unraveling all of it.
>>>>> That is what occupies part of my mind, as I try and see about what I
>> would
>>>>> like to be a part of in Washington at the end of this month.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wish I felt more optimistic. I have been following our Congress with
>>>>> horror and dismay in the years since last I went on this advocacy
>>>>> pilgrimage.
>>>>> And so it makes me rather a grim conversationalist, when sitting around
>>>>> talking. Because I worry that we are all of us, sighted, blind and
>>>>> whatever in a very rough patch for democratic principles, and anyone
>>>>> without a huge money sack of lobby professionals, controlling the pie
>>>>> slicing in America.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I let that rest. Are you glad?
>>>>>
>>>>> But here is the next little thing I have to say. That beyond those few
>>>>> moments with a congressmen or one of their staff, there will be time
>> with
>>>>> one another, us in the National Federation of the Blind, from Montana,
>> and
>>>>> other state affiliate members around the nation, once again. Anything
>>>>> is
>>>>> possible. Especially when we remain as we are, and continue to evolve
>> and
>>>>> to work together.
>>>>>
>>>>> And that is also precious. Don't you think?
>>>>>
>>>>> I just am hoping now that by that time the weather will cooperate with
>> us,
>>>>> too. For our travel needs. It will be what it will be. But I wish for
>>>>> it
>>>>> to be smooth sailing, smooth flying, and a waltz on concrete that is
>>>>> not
>>>>> so dreadfully slippery as it is here today in my home town.
>>>>>
>>>>> Peace Love Joy.
>>>>> And man the barricades. We will not go back.
>>>>> As Doctor Jernigan and others have chanted lo these decades now for our
>>>>> rights for equality and justice, and a fair shake at everything anyone
>>>>> with complete normal eyesight has.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rik
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
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