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In reply to the discussion: $2.13 Minimum Wage - are you fucking kidding me [View all]KamaAina
(78,249 posts)78. Lower than that for some workers with disabilities.
https://nfb.org/national-federation-blind-urges-boycott-goodwill-industries
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), one of the oldest and largest organizations of Americans with disabilities, today called for a boycott of Goodwill Industries International, Inc., the nonprofit manufacturer and retailer, for its payment of subminimum wages to many of its workers with disabilities. Freedom of information requests filed by the NFB confirmed that Goodwill Industries employees have been paid as low as $1.44 an hour. The NFB and over forty-five other organizations support legislation, the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act (H.R. 3086), which would phase out and then repeal the nearly seventy-five-year-old provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act that permits special certificate holders to pay subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.
Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: Goodwill Industries is one of the most well-known and lucrative charitable organizations in the United States, yet it chooses to pay its workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. While this practice is currently legal and many entities engage in it, many other nonprofit organizations have successfully transitioned to paying their employees the minimum wage or higher. That Goodwill Industries exploits many of its workers in this way is ironic, because its president and chief executive officer is blind. Goodwill cannot credibly argue that workers with disabilities are incapable of doing productive work while paying its blind CEO over half a million dollars a year. Goodwill should be ashamed of such blatant hypocrisy. We are calling upon all Americans to refuse to do business with Goodwill Industries, to refuse to make donations to the subminimum-wage exploiter, and to refuse to shop in its retail stores until it exercises true leadership and sound moral judgment by fairly compensating its workers with disabilities.
For more information on this critically important issue, please visit www.nfb.org/fairwages.
Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: Goodwill Industries is one of the most well-known and lucrative charitable organizations in the United States, yet it chooses to pay its workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. While this practice is currently legal and many entities engage in it, many other nonprofit organizations have successfully transitioned to paying their employees the minimum wage or higher. That Goodwill Industries exploits many of its workers in this way is ironic, because its president and chief executive officer is blind. Goodwill cannot credibly argue that workers with disabilities are incapable of doing productive work while paying its blind CEO over half a million dollars a year. Goodwill should be ashamed of such blatant hypocrisy. We are calling upon all Americans to refuse to do business with Goodwill Industries, to refuse to make donations to the subminimum-wage exploiter, and to refuse to shop in its retail stores until it exercises true leadership and sound moral judgment by fairly compensating its workers with disabilities.
For more information on this critically important issue, please visit www.nfb.org/fairwages.
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Noodles and Company have a no-tipping policy. They pay their workers over minimum wage.
PonyUp
Feb 2016
#52
Find me a single person who claims all of their tips, I'll find you a unicorn that farts KitKats
snooper2
Feb 2016
#74
Back when I was in the business, no one ever reported their tip income for tax purposes.
PonyUp
Feb 2016
#53
The poster said its "a bad situation for everyone, except the restaurant owner"
philosslayer
Feb 2016
#86
Is anyone here who wants tipping to go away currently a server earning tipped wages ?
Bonx
Feb 2016
#12
Past server here. I earned pretty good money doing it. But that doesnt change
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#66
I support the elimination of the tip credit, but I wonder what would happen to tipping behavior
petronius
Feb 2016
#34
When I had my restaurant, over 9 years ago, I paid my servers $1/hr OVER the minimum, but
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2016
#58
That never crossed my mind as a business policy, because I don't like having tips automatically
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2016
#91
Aww, big hugs to you, ghost. Just know that you are definitely not alone.
AgadorSparticus
Feb 2016
#92
Thank you, AgadorSparticus. I know people who are worse off than me. I at least have a roof over
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2016
#98
I waited tables in college and made & let me tell you, I made crap load of money!!
AgadorSparticus
Feb 2016
#60
Because 15-20% tip doesn't exist anymore? People don't eat out anymore?
AgadorSparticus
Feb 2016
#72
Just to let know: California, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska require full minimum
AZ Progressive
Feb 2016
#97
And don't forget that the minimum wage doesn't apply to farm workers, either (nt)
Recursion
Feb 2016
#106