[Nfbnet-members-list] FW: National Federation of the Blind Praises Secretary Clinton's Remarks on Employment of People with Disabilities

[Kuhnke, Kristian]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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National Federation of the Blind Praises 
Secretary Clinton’s Remarks on Employment of People with Disabilities

Baltimore, Maryland (March 30, 2016): The 
National Federation of the Blind  commented today 
on recent remarks by Hillary Clinton in which she 
called for ending “the tiered minimum wages for 

¦ people with disabilities.”

Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National 
Federation of the Blind, said: "The National 
Federation of the Blind applauds Secretary 
Clinton for stating boldly and unequivocally that 
she rejects the discriminatory practice of paying 
workers with disabilities subminimum wages. We 
call upon the other presidential candidates to 
join with us and over seventy-five other 
organizations of people with disabilities in 
supporting the repeal of Section 14(c) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act, and to reject the 
misconceptions and low expectations that have for 
too long kept people with disabilities from achieving our dreams.”

A provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
dating from the law's enactment in 1938, known as 
Section 14(c), allows facilities to apply for 
special wage certificates that permit them to pay 
workers with disabilities subminimum wages. About 
three thousand entities pay more than 250,000 
workers with disabilities wages as low as pennies 
per hour, according to 2016 statistics from the 
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.

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blindness is not the characteristic that defines 
you or your future. Every day we raise the 
expectations of blind people, because low 
expectations create obstacles between blind 
people and our dreams. You can live the life you 
want; blindness is not what holds you back.





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