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Twenty-Two Cents an Hour
Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages
Doug Crandell (Author)
9781501762628
Hardback, published 15 April 2022
264 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg
In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour, Doug Crandell uncovers the harsh reality of people with disabilities in the United States who are forced to work in unethical conditions for subminimum wages with little or no opportunity to advocate for themselves, while wealthy CEOs grow even wealthier as a direct result. As recently as 2016, the United States Congress enacted bipartisan legislation which continued to allow workers with disabilities to legally be paid far lower than the federal minimum wage. Drawing on ongoing federal Department of Justice lawsuits, the horrifying story of Henry's Turkey Farm in Iowa, and more, Crandell shows the history of the policies that have led to these unjust outcomes, examines who benefits from this legislation, and asks important questions about the rise of a disability industrial complex. Exposing this complex—which is rooted in profit, lobbying, and playing on the emotions of workers' parents and families, as well as the public—Crandell challenges readers to reexamine how we treat some of our most vulnerable fellow citizens. Twenty-Two Cents an Hour forces the reader to face the reality of this exploitation, and builds the framework needed for reform.
Part I
1. The Stage is Set for Broken Promises
2. From Evil Intentions to Unintended Consequences
3. Subminimum Wages and Disability Rights
4. The Floor is Gone and Modern Lobbying Arrives
Part II
5. The Olmstead Supreme Court Decision and Freedom Fighters
6. Early Adopters and Tearing Down Assumptions
7. Federal Policy as Catalyst, Barrier, and Duality
8. The Nightmare in Atalissa
Part III
9. Boycotting Goodwill
10. Oregon, Rhode Island, and the Promise of a Way Forward
11. A Legislative Fix Was In
12. Ohio and the Future of Subminimum Wages