[Nfbmt] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Fix WIA Wednesday

Dan Burke burke.dall at gmail.com
Wed Jan 15 22:38:06 UTC 2014


Well, it sure doesn't hurt anything!

I've sent tweets for Baucus and Tester from the NFB of Montana twitter
account, as well as my own.

Dan


On 1/15/14, sheila <sleigland at bresnan.net> wrote:
> we called all three people because according to the email from Rose via
> dave, there will be a preconference between senate and representatives
> from the house. The members of congress including the house and senate
> need input.
> On 1/14/2014 7:46 AM, James Aldrich wrote:
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: "Sloan, Rose" <rsloan at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
>>> <dandrews at visi.com>)
>>> Date: January 13, 2014 at 8:08:38 PM MST
>>> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Fix WIA Wednesday
>>>
>>> Content-Language: en-US
>>> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
>>>
>>> boundary="_000_d6ded39a97c64caca3e4b8e26adad154BN1PR07MB359namprd07pro_"
>>>
>>> Federationists:
>>>
>>> Over the summer the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) S. 1356 was passed by
>>> the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.  We have been
>>> told that this bill may be coming to the Senate floor for a vote soon,
>>> and it is being pre-conferenced with members of the U.S. House of
>>> Representatives.  There are aspects of this bill that we need the Senate
>>> to fix before it becomes law.
>>>
>>> We are designating this Wednesday, January 15, 2014 as #FixWIA Wednesday.
>>>  We are respectfully requesting that you call, email, fax, tweet, or
>>> Facebook your Members of Congress expressing your feelings about WIA (S.
>>> 1356).  Please use the hash tag #FixWIA with all of your social media
>>> messaging.
>>>
>>> As the saying goes: "nothing about us, without us" –if we do not act now,
>>> the discriminatory language in Section 511 of Title V., and the misguided
>>> relocation of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) will
>>> become the law of the land.  Let your voices be heard. Contact your
>>> Members of Congress.
>>>
>>> Read the Fix WIA blog post at: https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/fix-wia to
>>> get more information about the issue, and get ready to #FixWIA on this
>>> Wednesday, January 15, 2014.  Additional information will be sent soon.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Rose
>>>
>>> Rose Sloan
>>> Government Affairs Specialist
>>>
>>> “Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities”
>>> http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages
>>>
>>> National Federation of the Blind
>>> 200 East Wells Street
>>> Baltimore, MD 21230
>>> rsloan at nfb.org
>>> (410)-659-9314 ext 2441
>>>
>>> The National Federation of the Blind needs your support to ensure blind
>>> children get an equal education; to connect blind veterans with the
>>> training and services they need; and to help seniors who are losing
>>> vision continue to live independent and fulfilling lives. To make a
>>> donation, please go to www.nfb.org.
>>>
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