Today, members of Congress reintroduced the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA). TCIEA would end the subminimum wage for disabled people (called 14(c), based on section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act) over the next five years. Places that pay subminimum wage are called sheltered workshops, and they pay disabled people pennies on the dollar, usually in segregated workplaces where all the workers have disabilities and the people in charge are non-disabled. The bill would stop anyone new from being paid less than minimum wage immediately and also gives states and service providers funding to create better, integrated opportunities. Every person paid less than minimum wage right now would be transitioned to minimum wage by five years after TCIEA passes. ASAN is proud to support this vital piece of legislation.
For years, ASAN has been fighting for self advocates’ rights to real work for real pay. We’ve supported the TCIEA during the last few sessions of Congress and we call upon Congress to finally pass it this year. Equal pay for people with disabilities is a matter of dignity, equality, and being treated as an equal member of our own communities. Congress must pass the TCIEA and ensure that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can access competitive, integrated jobs that meet our goals!
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