i'm elisa fletcher. you're watching "the stream." >>> minimum wage protests are going on across the country. there's a federal law that allows employers to pay some workers with disabilities paced on their level of productivity and ability. some are unable to be competitive due to their disability. section 14c of the fair lay portion standards act has been amendmented twice since it passed in 1938. the law changed in 1966 to make sure workers with disabilities were paid 50% of the federal minimum wage but in 19 1986, the last time that wage was updated it was removed. 420,000 of the nation's 6.6 million people with disabilities work in centers that fay special minimum wages under schedule 14c and we will be referring to t to that in the program as " 14c." workers must apply for a permit from the department of labor and the employees must meet certain criteria. opponents of the law say it's exploy take. supporters say it gives people the opportunity to work that may not have an opportunity work. >> most o

i'm elisa fletcher. you're watching "the stream." >>> minimum wage protests are