[NFBV-Announce] URGENT Legislative Alert - Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act

[jackibruce6 at gmail.com]

From: Bonnie O’Day, Legislative Committee Chair

 

 

Good afternoon. As you prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and
family, I hope you will take five minutes to respond to a call to action
from the National Office. Those of you who heard Senator Bobby Scott speak
at our state banquet will recall that he mentioned how crucial it is to pass
the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA), which
we want included in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
reauthorization. This bill would ensure that all people with disabilities
are paid at least the minimum wage and will end the practice of paying
people with disabilities subminimum wages. The email from the National
Office is below. All the information you need is right at your fingertips
and this should take only a few minutes of your time.

 

Thank you very much.

Bonnie O’Day

NFB of Virginia Legislative Chair

 

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Competitive Integrated Employment Act

 

Dear Federation Family:

 

We are coming down to the wire on the 118th Congress and we want to make
sure that we’ve done everything that we possibly can in order to advocate
for our legislative priorities. In this case, we are trying to ensure that
the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) is
included in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
reauthorization bill that is currently being considered. Right now is a
crucial time for this initiative because Congress wants to pass the WIOA
reauthorization when they return after Thanksgiving. We need you to flood
the email inboxes and telephone lines and voicemail boxes of four key
committee staff members in order to make sure TCIEA gets included in the
final bill:

 

Amy Jones

Majority Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Amy.jones at mail.house.gov <mailto:Amy.jones at mail.house.gov> 

202-225-4527

 

Véronique Pluviose-Fenton

Minority Staff Director, House Committee on Education and the Workforce

veronique.pluviose at mail.house.gov <mailto:veronique.pluviose at mail.house.gov>


202-225-3725

 

Warren Gunnels

Majority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions

Warren_Gunnels at help.senate.gov <mailto:Warren_Gunnels at help.senate.gov> 

202-224-0767

 

Amanda Lincoln

Minority Staff Director, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions

Amanda_lincoln at help.senate.gov <mailto:Amanda_lincoln at help.senate.gov> 

202-224-5375

 

When you call or email, you might say something like:

 

“Dear [NAME]:

 

I am urging the [HOUSE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE/SENATE HELP
COMMITTEE] to please include the TCIEA in the WIOA reauthorization bill. The
TCIEA will eliminate the payment of subminimum wages for people with
disabilities and eliminate the need for a government program to monitor
special wage certificate holders. Thank you.”

 

If you send an email, please use the subject line “Please Include the TCIEA
in the WIOA Reauthorization” and copy Justin Young jyoung at nfb.org
<mailto:jyoung at nfb.org> . 

 

Congress is working diligently to move the WIOA reauthorization bill as soon
as they get back after the Thanksgiving break, so time is of the essence for
us to make our voices heard. If you have any questions, please contact me. 

 

Thank you for all that you do,

 

Justin T. Young, Ed.D

Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 

410-659-9314, extension 2210 |  <mailto:jyoung at nfb.org> jyoung at nfb.org

 

 

Peace,

 

Jacki Bruce

 

Corresponding Secretary NFBV

mailto:jackibruce6 at gmail.com

tel:(757)291-1789

 

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STRONGER TOGETHER!

 

 

 

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