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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Nfbnet-members-list [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Danielsen, Chris via Nfbnet-members-list<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 25, 2014 11:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] NFB Seeking Persons Who Have Worked in Sheltered Sub-Minimum Wage Environments in the Past<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow Federationists:<br> <br>The National Federation of the Blind is actively seeking individuals who are currently competitively employed, but who have worked in sheltered subminimum wage work environments in the past. If this has been your experience, we would greatly appreciate it if you would answer the following questions: <br> <br>• What type of work did you perform for subminimum wages?<br> <br>• What type of work do you do now?<br> <br>• Is it competitive? <br> <br>• Do you earn the federal minimum wage or more?<br> <br>• What has changed in your life since you started earning the minimum wage or more? <br> <br>• What is your opinion of the Presidential Executive Order to raise the minimum wage for federal service contract employees to $10.10 per hour?<br> <br>• Would you be willing to speak to a reporter about your experience?<br> <br>Please send your responses, along with your contact information, to <a href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org">cdanielsen@nfb.org</a> as soon as possible. You may also respond by telephone by calling (410) 659-9314, extension 2330.<br> <br>Thank you,<br> <br>Chris Danielsen <br>Director of Public Relations<br>National Federation of the Blind<br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>