Disabled Workers Deserve Better Than Sub-Minimum Wages

A bipartisan bill to end subminimum wages for workers with disabilities is sitting in Congress, with co-sponsors that range from Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). The argument against passing it has always been the same: that ending the practice would result in workers with disabilities losing their jobs. But new peer-reviewed evidence shows that argument is wrong.  Read Full Article »