Date: 2015-05-19 05:55 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] silk_dragon_zen
I think Goodwill doesn't hugely depend on sub-minimum wage labor, so it will only affect a portion of their business model. I hope that they can learn from this, however, that they don't *need* to use sub-minimum wage labor, and thus might be willing to stop using it in other states, and to encourage other businesses to stop using it as well. Only in my dreams …

Date: 2015-05-24 05:35 pm (UTC)
silk_dragon_zen: Rainbow Autistic Pride lemniscate over the black, grey, white, and purple stripes of the Asexuality Pride flag (Default)
From: [personal profile] silk_dragon_zen
Yeah, that's possible, though I doubt they'd have to raise prices much: I think sheltered workshops serve more to line the pockets of the companies that run them, than to allow them to lower prices all that much, though it's probably a bit of both.

Date: 2015-05-25 10:42 pm (UTC)
silk_dragon_zen: Rainbow Autistic Pride lemniscate over the black, grey, white, and purple stripes of the Asexuality Pride flag (Default)
From: [personal profile] silk_dragon_zen
I take it that this only applies to Disabled employees, and not to abled employees? The reason I ask is that if it does, than that's still ableist.

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