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February 4, 2013

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* CPSD RELEASES ORGANIZATIONAL LETTER URGING PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SECRETARY
PEREZ TO APPLY THE MINIMUM WAGE EXECUTIVE ORDER TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS
WITH DISABILITIES *
  *Washington, DC*--The Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination (CPSD),
an advocacy coalition of 21 national groups, sent a letter today to
President Barack Obama and Labor Secretary Tom Perez, stating groups'
profound concerns over recent statements suggesting that workers with
disabilities employed by government contractors will not be covered by the
new $10.10 minimum wage. The 24 national organizations signing the letter
urging the administration to not discriminate against workers with
disabilities in their executive order include both CSPD members
and non-members, among them, the Service Employees International Union, the
American Civil Liberties Union, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the
National Organization on Disability the National Down Syndrome Congress,
and the Japanese American Citizens League.

"We must dispel the notion that it is acceptable to pay workers with
disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. These Americans are not
"less than" and they deserve the same worker protections that all other
government contractors are afforded. Section 14c of the Fair Labor
Standards Act is an arcane provision from 1938 that does not reflect what
we know about the capabilities of workers with disabilities today," said
CPSD's Executive Director, Allison Wohl.

Thousands of workers with disabilities are employed by government
contractors holding 14c certificates from the U.S. Department of Labor Wage
and Hour Division. These certificates, created as an exception to the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938, permit contractors to pay less than minimum
wage to their workers with disabilities. CPSD and its partner groups and
allies believe that all Americans should be afforded minimum wage
protections, including those workers with disabilities.

Recent statements from administration officials, including Secretary of
Labor Tom Perez, have suggested that employees with disabilities working
for federal contractors with 14c certificates will be excluded from the new
$10.10/hour minimum wage and will only benefit to a minimal degree in so
far as their subminimum wage compensation will now be calculated as a
portion of the higher minimum wage required by the executive order.

"While a broader end to subminimum wage and Section 14c may require an act
of Congress, we believe that the Administration has the authority to end
the use of subminimum wage for employees of federal contractors
immediately, through the use of the same executive order establishing the
new $10.10/hour requirement, "said Ari Ne'eman, President of the Autistic
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In the last several years, commitments have been made from Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, New York and Oregon to phase out the use of sheltered
workshops - the primary setting where disabled workers are paid less than
minimum wage. Vermont ended the use of both sheltered workshops and
subminimum wage employment of people with disabilities in 2003. This
progress shows that it is both economically sensible and morally just to
ensure that people with disabilities have access to the same wage
protections as those without.

*CPSD is a national non-partisan advocacy network of 21 national
organizations who have come together to bring about a significant
modernization of the federal adult system of services and supports for
persons with disabilities. To learn more about CPSD, visit
http://thecpsd.org
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