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Subject: National Federation of the Blind Praises Secretary Clinton’s Remarks
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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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