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Twenty-two cents an hour : disability rights and the fight to end subminimum wages / Doug Crandell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, New York : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: xxii, 236 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501762628
  • 1501762621
  • 9781501763588
  • 150176358X
Other title:
  • 22 cents an hour
Subject(s):
Contents:
The stage is set for broken promises -- From evil intentions to unintended consequences -- Subminimum wages and disability rights -- The floor is gone and modern lobbying arrives -- The Olmstead Supreme Court decision and freedom fighters -- Early adopters and tearing down assumptions -- Federal policy as catalyst, barrier, and duality -- The nightmare in Atalissa -- Boycotting Goodwill -- Oregon, Rhode Island, and the promise of a way forward -- A legislative fix was in -- Ohio and the future of subminimum wages.
Summary: "In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act authorized the use of subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. While some states have banned their use, it remains legal federally. The program known as 14(c) has a long history of poor oversight and abuse. While disability rights have grown in the United States, this issue lags decades behind"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Disability Pride Month
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 344.7301 C891 Available 33111011226525
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 344.7301 C891 Available 33111011146715
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour , Doug Crandell uncovers the harsh reality of people with disabilities in the United States who are forced to work in unethical conditions for subminimum wages with little or no opportunity to advocate for themselves, while wealthy CEOs grow even wealthier as a direct result.

As recently as 2016, the United States Congress enacted bipartisan legislation which continued to allow workers with disabilities to legally be paid far lower than the federal minimum wage. Drawing on ongoing federal Department of Justice lawsuits, the horrifying story of Henry's Turkey Farm in Iowa, and more, Crandell shows the history of the policies that have led to these unjust outcomes, examines who benefits from this legislation, and asks important questions about the rise of a disability industrial complex. Exposing this complex--which is rooted in profit, lobbying, and playing on the emotions of workers' parents and families, as well as the public--Crandell challenges readers to reexamine how we treat some of our most vulnerable fellow citizens. Twenty-Two Cents an Hour forces the reader to face the reality of this exploitation, and builds the framework needed for reform.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-225) and index.

The stage is set for broken promises -- From evil intentions to unintended consequences -- Subminimum wages and disability rights -- The floor is gone and modern lobbying arrives -- The Olmstead Supreme Court decision and freedom fighters -- Early adopters and tearing down assumptions -- Federal policy as catalyst, barrier, and duality -- The nightmare in Atalissa -- Boycotting Goodwill -- Oregon, Rhode Island, and the promise of a way forward -- A legislative fix was in -- Ohio and the future of subminimum wages.

"In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act authorized the use of subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. While some states have banned their use, it remains legal federally. The program known as 14(c) has a long history of poor oversight and abuse. While disability rights have grown in the United States, this issue lags decades behind"-- Provided by publisher.

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