BLAINE, Minn. -- Workers in wheelchairs swarm around a table, stuffing envelopes.
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Miles LeTourneau of Ramsey high-fives Achieve Services Inc. CEO Tom
Weaver after opening his paycheck at the sheltered workshop in Blaine
last month |
One man runs in a circle, asking people to tie his shoe. At the
next table, workers are prying plastic gaskets out of their casings. A
woman is sprawled in an easy chair, sound asleep, her mouth wide open.
Everything about that scene bothers Scott Schifsky.
He and a growing number of advocates say sheltered workshops --
such as the one operated by Achieve Services Inc. in Blaine -- should be
abolished.
They say it's wrong for people with disabilities to be grouped together to do menial work for less than minimum wage.
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