[nfbwatlk] ACB Resolution

[Reinhard Stebner]

I am confused here. What reasons did they say not to pass this? To me, it
makes sense to pass to incur age fair wages. Do you have articles talking
about this on both sides (ACB and NFB)?

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Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 3:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] ACB Resolution

Holy crap! That's crazy! For an organization that claims to be more 
democratic than the Federation, i'm suprised that Robert's Rules were 
not observed calling for discussion, and it's not like they waited a 
terribly long time for someone to get to a mic to recommend a  do pass. 
And recommending a do pass (or asking for such a recommendation) is not 
the same as having discussion is it? Maybe it is in ACB parlance, i don't
know.

But what I do know is that Michael Byington is a traditional mobility 
instructor who, to be honest with you, strikes me as a high and mighty 
partial.. In other words, I'm thinking there's some bias on his part as 
a subject matter expert. I also find it interesting that it was pointed 
out that NFB pushed the legislation to begin with. And finally, is the 
man correct that 100% of NIB employees are paid at least minimum wage? 
Or at least, the primarily blind ones anyway? Frankly, if I were an ACB 
member with multiple disabilities, I'd be pissed at that guy for saying 
that, in affect, blind folks with other disabilities really don't 
matter. But I'm willing to bet there are some blind folks out there not 
getting paid minimum wage.

You're right Mike. This is just sad. I'm really disappointed in the ACB 
convention for not passing this resolution.

Respectfully,
Jedi

Original message:
> Here is the dropbox link that Chris Danielsen sent out. 
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5492542/fairwages_at_acb.mp3
> Denise Mackenstadt
> dmackenstadt at comcast.net



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