After 86 Years, Disabled Workers Could Finally Receive Minimum Wage Protections
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For nearly 90 years, the wealthiest country in the world has allowed thousands of disabled people to be paid mere pennies on the dollar. Now, after decades of advocacy from disability justice activists, the U.S. Department of Labor has finally announced plans to end the exploitative practice. Any move to reverse a decades-old injustice is cause for celebration. But as a second Donald Trump…