
Maya Goldman
Host: Uptown People’s Law Center
Sponsor: Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation
Current Fellow
Ted provided legal advocacy and community outreach to people with disabilities isolated in work shelters earning pennies an hour in poor work conditions, and worked to shut down the school-to-work shelter pipeline.
Hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities are paid pennies an hour, trapped in sheltered workshops and isolated from the broader community. Such workshops receive certificates from the Department of Labor to pay below the federal minimum wage. Isolating individuals in workshops limits their earning capacity and cuts off significant community interaction. Some workshops in Texas have relationships with local schools, leading parents to believe that students with disabilities have no other options. To draw attention to employer violations and misconduct, workers must bring claims to the Department of Labor. Workers are unlikely to secure legal counsel due to lack of knowledge of their rights, low expectations fostered by the workshops, and limited availability of counsel. Ted’s project will help people access options outside of workshops and earn a fair living wage.
In the past two years, Ted has:
Host: Uptown People’s Law Center
Sponsor: Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation
Current Fellow
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