[nfbwatlk] FW: Goodwill Pays Disabled Employees Less Than MinimumWage | wusa9.com

[Leslie Fitzpatrick]

I've been talking to the NFB about that from when I was state president in Oklahoma and it seemed to fall on deaf ears which I suppose that I thought the NFB would jump in with guns blazing and stop it but they didn't I knew a lady that was only making about 2 dollars an hour and she was ruining her joints and health because they demanded her to hang a ridiculous amount of clothes in an hour and she had to keep it up with only one break and about 30 minutes for lunch and she finally had to quit because she just couldn't do it anymore. But I know the NFB has to pick there battles. Les 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Lewis, Anil
>> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 8:55 PM
>> To: Lewis, Anil
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Goodwill Pays Disabled Employees Less Than Minimum Wage
>> | wusa9.com
>> 
>> All:
>> 
>> Visit the following site for a recent news story on the Goodwill boycott.
>> Remember we are condemning the practice of paying subminimum wages to
>> workers with disabilities.  If Goodwill adopts a policy of paying their
>> workers with disabilities the federal minimum wage or more, it will put
>> pressure on other subminimum wage employers to do the same.  please take the
>> time to visit the site and to post a comment in support of our efforts.
>> FaceBook users should like the article, and our Twittter friends should
>> tweet the link.
>> 
>> http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/208068/189/Goodwill-Pays-Disabled-Employee
>> s-Less-than-Minimum-Wage
>> 
>> Goodwill Pays Disabled Employees Less Than Minimum Wage | wusa9.com
>> Written by
>> Kristin Fisher
>> 
>> ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) -- One of the most well-known non-profits in the world
>> is paying some disabled employees less than minimum wage. The National
>> Federation of the Blind is urging a boycott of Goodwill in hopes it hopes it
>> will convince the organization to stop this practice, a practice that is
>> perfectly legal under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
>> 
>> http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/208068/189/Goodwill-Pays-Disabled-Employee
>> s-Less-than-Minimum-Wage
>> 
>> Please contact me if you have any questions.
>> 
>> Anil
>> 
>> Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A.
>> Director of Strategic Communications
>> 
>> "Eliminating Subminimum Wages For People With Disabilities"
>> 
>> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
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>> Baltimore, Maryland   21230
>> 
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