[NFBF-L] Legislative Alert: Time Sensitive Action Required

Fri Jan 17 01:38:20 UTC 2025

Hi everyone,

I sat down to check email this evening, after being away from the computer
most of the day. I found a very important email waiting for me to read and
to take action on.

Thanks to NFBF Vice-President and my Jacksonville Chapter President, Kaye
Baker for sending this out to our local Chapter. I thought I'd follow
through by sending it out to all of you as well.

If you could take the time to submit your comments on the elimination of
section 14C by midnight on Friday, I know that they will help support our
case that all persons in the US should be paid at least minimum wage and
should not be discriminated against based on whether or not they have a
disability. Completing the comment survey only takes a couple of minutes.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Best,

Russ Davis, Legislative Director

Nfational Federation of the Blind of Florida

Ph. 904-993-8433

Email: russell at radiorusty.com <mailto:russell at radiorusty.com>

From: NFBF-Jacksonville <nfbf-jacksonville-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
Kaye Baker via NFBF-Jacksonville
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2025 12:45 PM
To: Russ Davis <russell at radiorusty.com>
Cc: Kaye Baker <kaye.j.zimpher at gmail.com>
Subject: [NFBF-Jacksonville] FW: Legislative Alert: Time Sensitive Action
Required

Greetings all:

So often you have heard me say that even members who do not go to Washington
Seminar can still participate in and are vital to the legislative process.
Now is one of those times. Please read the email below, and follow the
instructions to send your comments pertaining to the payment of subminimum
wages to people who are blind.

If you have any questions,  please let me know.

From: National Federation of the Blind <webmaster at nfb.org
<mailto:webmaster at nfb.org> >
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2025 12:01 PM
To: Kaye Baker <kaye.j.zimpher at gmail.com <mailto:kaye.j.zimpher at gmail.com> >
Subject: Legislative Alert: Time Sensitive Action Required

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Public Comment Required on Subminimum Wages

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 on Wednesday, January 15.

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

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 the Federal Register's website
<https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=37205&qid=10892933> .

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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