I think if a disabled person can do the job as well as a so called non 
disabled person, most times will get the same pay.  The person must perform 
as well however.
Ed   K7UC

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From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:42 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Fwd: Please Sign and Circulate the Petition to Support Fair Wages 
for Workers with Disabilities

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>> got this from a list I'm on
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>> Begin forwarded message:
>> Petition to Support Fair Wages
>> for Workers with Disabilities
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> www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition<http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition>
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>> We, the undersigned, are Americans with disabilities who are adversely
>> affected by subminimum wage payments to workers with disabilities;
>> representatives of organizations made up of, and working on behalf of,
>> Americans with disabilities; friends and family members of individuals =
> who
>> have disabilities; and other concerned citizens who believe in =
> fairness and
>> equality.  We all speak in support of the repeal of Section 14(c) of =
> the
>> Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which authorizes Special Wage =
> Certificates
>> that permit employers to pay workers with disabilities subminimum =
> wages,
>> some as low as 3 cents per hour.
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>> We reject the low expectations for, the false view of the true =
> capacity of,
>> and the misguided compassion used to justify this discrimination =
> against
>> workers with disabilities.  This provision has existed for over =
> seventy
>> years, and rather than creating real employment opportunities for =
> workers
>> with disabilities, it has relegated hundreds of thousands of people =
> with
>> disabilities to segregated, subminimum wage work environments, =
> perpetuated
>> the misconception that workers with disabilities do not have the =
> capacity
>> for productive employment, and masked the need for further development =
> and
>> implementation of innovative employment strategies for the competitive
>> integrated employment of people with disabilities.
>> We all believe that the future prospects for workers with disabilities =
> are
>> limited only by the spirit, ambition, and imagination of Americans =
> with
>> disabilities, and by the willingness of society to expand and =
> implement
>> enlightened policies that will help them succeed.  We adamantly assert =
> that
>> as long as workers with disabilities are denied the same workforce
>> protections as every other American citizen, and the solution to the
>> employment dilemma of workers with disabilities is thought to be their
>> continued segregation in subminimum-wage work environments, our =
> society will
>> never truly implement the innovative employment strategies that =
> empower
>> workers with disabilities to fully participate in the workforce.
>> For these reasons, we, the undersigned, urge the repeal of Section =
> 14(c) of
>> the Fair Labor Standards Act in order to abolish the unfair, =
> discriminatory,
>> immoral practice of paying workers with disabilities subminimum wages; =
> to
>> reverse over seventy years of mistaken institutionalized thinking =
> about the
>> employment capacity of people with disabilities; and to incentivize =
> the
>> development, implementation, and use of innovative strategies for =
> their
>> competitive, integrated employment.
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>> To sign the petition, visit
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> www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition<http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition>
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