[Ohio-Talk] EXT: Ohio react: Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025

[Andra Stover]

Hello, I am resending this. I completed the short form. It did not ask for
an email or at least it was not a field that had to be filled in. However,
I still got the notification that it was sent to the proper place.
Andra

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM smturner.234--- via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Ohio,
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> Please read and complete the form. Assist members in your Chapter or
> Division who might need help.
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> Suzanne
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> *From:* NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Young, Justin via NFBNet-Members-List
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 16, 2025 9:46 AM
> *To:* nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> *Subject:* [Nfbnet-members-list] Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert -
> January 16, 2025
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> Dear Federation Family,
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> On December 4, 2024, the US Department of Labor released a Notice of
> Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the phaseout of Section 14(c) of the
> Fair Labor Standards Act. The National Federation of the Blind fully
> supports this NPRM and submitted comments
> <https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/policy-statements/comments-regarding-department-labors-proposed-rule>
> on Wednesday, January 15.
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> The NPRM has received thousands of individual comments from those in favor
> of keeping subminimum wages for people with disabilities. We apologize that
> we did not anticipate such a substantial response from these individuals
> who support subminimum wages. As a result, we have an urgent request for
> our members to submit comments by the deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Friday,
> January 17.
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> All comments are helpful even if the comment is, "I believe people with
> disabilities should be paid at least the minimum wage, and 14(c)
> certificates should be phased out.” All public comments should be submitted
> using the online form found at
> https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27880/employment-of-workers-with-disabilities-under-section-14c-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act#open-comment.
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> The page contains a place for you to type in your comment, and then you
> will need to select that you are an individual, which will bring up fields
> for you to type in your first and last name. You will then need to check a
> box acknowledging you are aware any information you provide will be
> publicly available on regulations.gov before clicking “submit.”
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> Again, we apologize for the last-minute notice. Thank you for all your
> hard advocacy on this matter.
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> Justin T. Young, Ed.D
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> Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind
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