WHEREAS, legislation has been introduced by Representatives Phillip Burton and Mario Biaggi, calling for at least the minimum wage to be paid to all blind
workers in our country;
WHEREAS, the blind of Maryland support the minimum wage principle and are proud that Blind Industries and Services of Maryland is a leading agency among
those progressive industries programs for the blind who are showing that the blind can earn the minimum wage and more; and
WHEREAS, the exemption from minimum wage under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act ( 14C), represent outmoded thinking and prevent the blind, as a class
from achieving economic equality with the sighted: Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland assembled this 1st day of November, 1981, in the City of Grantsville, Maryland, that
this organization urge all members of the House of Representatives from Maryland to support and speak out for minimum wage for the blind by co- sponsoring
this legislation in the 97th Congress and in all other possible ways.