[Nfbofnc] Blind People From Throughout North Carolina to Protest

[Lea williams]

Blind People From Throughout North Carolina to Protest
Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities

Proposed Legislation Would Reauthorize This Outrageous Practice


Date:  		July 26, 2011

Time:		10:00 a.m. until 12:00 P.M.

Place:  	The Office of Senator Kay Hagan
		310 New Bern Avenue
		Raleigh, NC 27601



On Wednesday, August 3, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Committee is scheduled to vote on the Workforce Investment
Act (WIA), which contains language reauthorizing the payment of wages
below the federal minimum wage to workers with disabilities.  In
response to this proposed legislation, on Tuesday, July 26—the
twenty-first anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act—blind
people from across North Carolina will conduct an informational
protest outside of Senator Kay Hagan’s office in Raleigh.  Other blind
Americans will also be protesting around the nation at the offices of
other senators who serve on the Committee.

Unequal pay for equal work is unfair, discriminatory, and wrong.  For
more information, visit www.nfb.org.


If you have any questions CONTACT:
Gary Ray, President
National Federation of the Blind of North Carolina
(919) 417-2885
ghray at charter.net