by ASL Union | Oct 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Emma Sills, Z/P VRS Interpreter One critical aspect of the interpreting field involves the training of future interpreters. This is integral and is even noted in our NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct. When a student graduates from their Interpreter Training...
by ASL Union | Oct 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the September 2023 FCC rulemaking on VRS rates, the FCC estimated that interpreter wages would need to go up by 65 percent. As the FCC noted, “we estimate that each provider’s reported historical costs… will increase by a uniform factor: 75% for engineering and...
by ASL Union | Oct 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Luke Goldstein, The American Prospect Two firms control the market for telecommunications assistance for deaf people. They have extracted higher rates for this government-funded service, while denying workers a...
