[Nfbmt] A ridiculous Question

sheila sleigland at bresnan.net
Mon Jan 6 17:17:27 UTC 2014 

i know seniors that are not disabled and are making at least minimum 
wage. It isn't enough to just be working. Most of what he makes goes to 
transit in the winter just to get to work. It's simply not right. I 
refuse to make excuses for this and oh well at least he's working isn't 
good enough.
On 1/6/2014 8:28 AM, d m gina wrote:
> What I will say here though, is at least he is working, and at his age 
> no one else would hire him.
> That is what is sad for the seniors who still want to be active 
> earning money but are just that a senior.
> I'm sure with all of the noise we will make across the country we will 
> be noticed.
> That is a plus and a swell start.
>
> Original message:
>> 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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>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Dan Burke
>>>>> My Cell:  406.546.8546
>>>>> Twitter:  @DallDonal
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