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A Victory for Inclusion: The U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Ending Subminimum Wages

At John’s Crazy Socks, our mission has always been to spread happiness and demonstrate what people with differing abilities can achieve. That’s why we are thrilled to see the U.S. Department of Labor take a monumental step toward inclusion, fairness, and decency by proposing the elimination of subminimum wages for workers with disabilities.

January 09, 2025
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John and Mark Go to Washington D.C. to Advocate for People with Differing Abilities

John and Mark X. Cronin, the co-founders of John's Crazy Socks, spent the better part of this week in Washington D.C. promoting employment for people with differing abilities and meeting with members of Congress to advocate for legislative changes that would protect the rights of people with disabilities.

September 20, 2024
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Time to Raise the SSI Asset Levels

Could you survive on your 1989 salary? Of course not, but that is what the Social Security Administration asks people with SSI to do. The asset limits – the maximum amount you can save and still quality for SSI – have been frozen at $2,000 since 1989.

October 23, 2023
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Ending The Sub-Minimum Wage for People with a Disability

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a time to celebrate the achievements of people with differing abilities in the workplace. Yet there is a stain on the celebration because the sub-minimum wage persists and we have people in this country paid as little as $0.25 an hour simply because they have a disability. It is past time that we eliminated the sub-minimum wage.

October 11, 2023
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John and Mark Head to Washington DC to Fight for Fair Wages for People with Differing Abilities

Next week, John and Mark X. Cronin, co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, will travel to Capitol Hill as part of the CEO Commission on Disability Employment to press for the elimination of the subminimum wage.

July 12, 2023
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John and Mark X. Cronin Speak to the Harkin Summit on Scaling Disability-Driven Innovation

The Harkin Institute held the inaugural Harkin Summit on Scaling Disability-Driven Innovation Summit this past week. John and Mark X. Cronin, co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, were among the invitees and they presented during the second day of the Summit.

May 12, 2023
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John at Work: What Does John Do All Day?

I am the Co-founder and Chief Happiness Officer at John’s Crazy Socks. People ask what I do so I thought I would share some of the things I do at work. It is Friday, so let me tell you about this week.

January 27, 2023
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John’s Crazy Socks Rings the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange invites leading companies to ring the closing bell at the end of the trading day and on Monday, August 8, John Cronin, Co-Founder of John’s Crazy Socks, stood with Rod Martin, CEO of Voya Financial, to ring the closing bell on behalf of the CEO Commission for Employment Disability as part of an ongoing effort to promote disability-inclusive employment.

August 12, 2022
3 min read

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