[nabs-l] [Nfb-announce] Blind Americans to Protest SubminimumWages
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Fri Jul 22 06:21:22 UTC 2011
Some local chapters are protesting, some state
affiliates. Please contact your most local NFB entity and see what is planned.
Dave
At 09:54 PM 7/20/2011, you wrote:
>I am wondering. Are local chapters doing
>protests also? -----Original Message----- From:
>nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>David Dodge Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:41
>PM To: National Association of Blind Students
>mailing list Subject: Re: [nabs-l]
>[Nfb-announce] Blind Americans to Protest
>SubminimumWages I would really like to help out
>with this if individual states are doing
>protests. Please let me know if any of you know
>what is going on in NY. Thanks. David
>---------------------------------- David Dodge
>Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions Rep. State
>University of New York Student Assembly English
>Major University at Buffalo 306 Clemens Hall
>Buffalo, NY 14260 daviddod at buffalo.edu 2011/7/20
><bookwormahb at earthlink.net> > Chris, > Everyone
>already got this message. But anyway is anyone
>going to protest? > It says in front of their
>offices. Does this mean its only in DC then or >
>local congressmen's offices? > I hope to get
>more details from my state president as to when
>and where > they will be and I might go to one.
>This is a very important issue. > > Ashley > >
>-----Original Message----- From: Chris Nusbaum >
>Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:07 PM > To:
>Blind Talk list ; NABS list ; NFBMD list ; NFB
>history list ; Josh > Gregory ; Nathan Clark ;
>Mrs. Otwell ; Aloma Bouma ; Fred Schroeder >
>Subject: [nabs-l] [Nfb-announce] Blind Americans
>to Protest Subminimum > Wages > > > > ----
>Original Message ------ > From: "Freeh,Jessica"
><JFreeh at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews >
><dandrews at visi.com>) > Subject: [Nfb-announce]
>Blind Americans to Protest Subminimum > Wages >
>Date sent: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:32:54 -0500 > >
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > > CONTACT: > > Chris
>Danielsen > > Director of Public Relations > >
>National Federation of the Blind > > (410)
>659-9314, extension 2330 > > (410) 262-1281
>(Cell) > > cdanielsen at nfb.org > > > Blind
>Americans to Protest Subminimum Wages > > > > >
>Members of National Federation of the Blind
>Plan > Informational Pickets Across United
>States > > > > Baltimore, Maryland (July 20,
>2011): The National > Federation of the Blind,
>the oldest and largest > nationwide organization
>of blind people, > announced today that its
>members will conduct > informational protests
>across the United States > to raise awareness
>about the practice of paying > wages below the
>federal minimum wage to Americans > with
>disabilities. The protests will take place > at
>the primary district office locations of >
>United States Senators serving on the Senate >
>Committee on Health, Education, Labor and >
>Pensions (the HELP Committee). The HELP >
>Committee is currently considering >
>legislationì¶he Workforce Investment
>Actì¶hich > would reauthorize the payment of
>subminimum wages to disabled > workers. > > > >
>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National >
>Federation of the Blind, said: ë°¬nequal pay
>for > equal work on the basis of disability is
>unfair, > discriminatory, and immoral. The
>senators who > serve on the HELP Committee must
>decide whether > they stand for the outrageous
>exploitation of > disabled workers, or for true
>equality for Americans with >
>disabilities.? > > > > On Wednesday, August 3,
>the HELP Committee is > scheduled to vote on the
>Workforce Investment Act > (WIA), which contains
>language reauthorizing the > Rehabilitation Act
>of 1973, as amended. The > Rehabilitation Act
>is supposed to provide > services to disabled
>Americans so that they can > obtain competitive
>employment, but Title V, > Section 511 of the
>proposed Rehabilitation Act > language
>references Section 14(c) of the 1938 > Fair
>Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which allows >
>certain entities holding special wage >
>certificates to pay workers with disabilities >
>less than the federal minimum wage. > > > > For
>more information on the National Federation > of
>the Blind and fair wages for workers with >
>disabilities, please visit
><http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.**org<http://www.nfb.org>
> > . > > > > > > ### > > > > > > About the
>National Federation of the Blind > > > > With
>more than 50,000 members, the National >
>Federation of the Blind is the largest and
>most > influential membership organization of
>blind > people in the United States. The NFB
>improves > blind peopleë© lives through
>advocacy, education, > research, technology, and
>programs encouraging > independence and
>self-confidence. It is the > leading force in
>the blindness field today and > the voice of the
>nation's blind. In January 2004 > the NFB
>opened the National Federation of the > Blind
>Jernigan Institute, the first research and >
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