Agreed. And frankly, if you can't do as much as your sighted peers
doing the same job, then how can you justify the wage?--Matt, N1IBB.
At 04:28 PM 3/21/2013, you wrote:
>I wish that were true, Ed, but it isn't always. Moreover, it's called a =
>"minimum wage" for a reason.=20
>
>Nuff said, this is off topic for this list anyhow.
>--
>Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
>On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:59 PM, Ed Malmgren <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I think if a disabled person can do the job as well as a so called =
>non=20
> > disabled person, most times will get the same pay. The person must =
>perform=20
> > as well however.
> > Ed K7UC
> >=20
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 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=20
> > for Workers with Disabilities
> >=20
> >> Begin forwarded message:
> >>=20
> >>> got this from a list I'm on
> >>> =3D20
> >>> Begin forwarded message:
> >>> Petition to Support Fair Wages
> >>> for Workers with Disabilities
> >>> =3D20
> >>> =3D
> >> =
>www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition<http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition>
> >>> =3D20
> >>> 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 =3D
> >> who
> >>> have disabilities; and other concerned citizens who believe in =3D
> >> fairness and
> >>> equality. We all speak in support of the repeal of Section 14(c) of =
>=3D
> >> the
> >>> Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which authorizes Special Wage =3D
> >> Certificates
> >>> that permit employers to pay workers with disabilities subminimum =3D
> >> wages,
> >>> some as low as 3 cents per hour.
> >>> =3D20
> >>> We reject the low expectations for, the false view of the true =3D
> >> capacity of,
> >>> and the misguided compassion used to justify this discrimination =3D
> >> against
> >>> workers with disabilities. This provision has existed for over =3D
> >> seventy
> >>> years, and rather than creating real employment opportunities for =3D
> >> workers
> >>> with disabilities, it has relegated hundreds of thousands of people =
>=3D
> >> with
> >>> disabilities to segregated, subminimum wage work environments, =3D
> >> perpetuated
> >>> the misconception that workers with disabilities do not have the =3D
> >> capacity
> >>> for productive employment, and masked the need for further =
>development =3D
> >> 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 =3D
> >> are
> >>> limited only by the spirit, ambition, and imagination of Americans =3D=
>
> >> with
> >>> disabilities, and by the willingness of society to expand and =3D
> >> implement
> >>> enlightened policies that will help them succeed. We adamantly =
>assert =3D
> >> 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 =3D
> >> society will
> >>> never truly implement the innovative employment strategies that =3D
> >> empower
> >>> workers with disabilities to fully participate in the workforce.
> >>> For these reasons, we, the undersigned, urge the repeal of Section =3D=
>
> >> 14(c) of
> >>> the Fair Labor Standards Act in order to abolish the unfair, =3D
> >> discriminatory,
> >>> immoral practice of paying workers with disabilities subminimum =
>wages; =3D
> >> to
> >>> reverse over seventy years of mistaken institutionalized thinking =3D
> >> about the
> >>> employment capacity of people with disabilities; and to incentivize =
>=3D
> >> the
> >>> development, implementation, and use of innovative strategies for =3D
> >> their
> >>> competitive, integrated employment.
> >>> =3D20
> >>> To sign the petition, visit
> >>> =3D
> >> =
>www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition<http://www.nfb.org/fair-wages-petition>
> >>> =3D20=20
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