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Clinton’s Case Against the Subminimum Wage
Differential wages for the disabled are discriminatory—and Clinton is putting the issue into the spotlight.
By Ron Fournier
Patrick Semansky / AP
March 29, 2016
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A young lawyer with autism wanted Hillary Clinton’s opinion about the “subminimum wage,” a Depression-era exemption to labor law that allows disabled people to be hired—and often exploited—at rates far below the minimum wage.
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“We have to do much more on research, early intervention, job training, housing—the whole range of benefits and opportunities that need to be available to people on the spectrum,” Clinton replied Monday, reminding the lawyer that she is the only candidate in the [...]