[Nyagdu] Greyhound to Settle ADA Complaints

[cheryl echevarria]

Marion the national office and travel and tourism division have been working on the Greyhound issue for a few months now. We have in fact had meetings with essential accessibility and we are getting a lot of information in a positive way. We are having our monthly meeting on Thursday at 7pm in reference to this. I will be sending something to David Andrews to send out to the.membership list


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From: Marion Gwizdala via Nyagdu <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
Date: 02/22/2016  10:14 PM  (GMT-05:00)
To: 'Florida Association of Guide Dog Users' <flagdu at nfbnet.org>, "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>, New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users <njagdu at nfbnet.org>, 'New York Association of Guide Dog Users' <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>, mike at michaelhingson.com, oagdu at nfbnet.org, 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Marion Gwizdala <blind411 at verizon.net>
Subject: [Nyagdu] Greyhound to Settle ADA Complaints

Please circulate the following message as widely as appropriate.



Dear all,



                Greyhound has entered into a settlement agreement with the
United States Department of Justice in which they will pay $300,000 in
compensatory relief and $75,000 in punitive damages stemming from several
ADA violations. You can read the details by visiting



http://www.adasoutheast.org/news/articles.php?id=8087



Fraternally yours,



Marion Gwizdala, President

National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc.

National Federation of the Blind

(813) 626-2789

(888) 624-3841 (Hotline)

President at nagdu.org

http://www.nagdu.org



High expectations create unlimited potential for the blind!





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