"Americans Deserve to Work...Disabled or Not"
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Read the Women's and Fair Practices Departments' white paper entitled "Americans Deserve to Work...Disabled or Not."
Disabled employees are not being treated fairly in the federal and D.C. governments. The decreasing number of disabled government workers and the increasing number of discrimination cases being filed is a testament to that fact. Increasingly, many of AFGE’s disabled members working in the federal and D.C. governments have been denied reasonable accommodations; they have been ignored and discriminated against due to their disabilities while their objections have been openly disregarded by management and the agency hierarchies. It is an outrage that government employers would deny Americans with disabilities the basic right to support themselves.
The Women’s and Fair Practices Departments of AFGE advocate for the fair and equal treatment of all. The Departments and disabled government employees challenge federal agencies to treat employees fairly, adhere to laws and regulations, and remove barriers to equal employment opportunities. We challenge the federal and D.C. governments to be the nation’s model employers by providing equal opportunity to all Americans – including Americans with disabilities.
"Americans Deserve to Work...Disabled or Not"