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Record Nr.

UNINA9910860803103321

Autore

Crandell Doug

Titolo

Twenty-Two Cents an Hour : Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9781501762635

9781501762642==

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 pages)

Disciplina

344.7301/59

Soggetti

Wages - Subminimum wage - Law and legislation

Wages - People with disabilities - Law and legislation

People with disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc

People with disabilities - Employment - Law and legislation

Discrimination against people with disabilities - Law and legislation

People with disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Discrimination against people with disabilities - Law and legislation - United States

Wages - Subminimum wage - Law and legislation - United States

People with disabilities - Employment - Law and legislation - United States

Wages - People with disabilities - Law and legislation - United States

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The Stage Is Set for Broken Promises -- From Evil Intentions to Unintended Consequences -- Attempts at Reformation of 14(c) during the Fight for Disability Rights as Civil 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, Honda,



and the Future of Subminimum Wages.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--