Pregnancy discrimination is widespread in corporate America. Some employers deny expecting mothers raises, others fire them before they can take maternity leave. For women who work in physically demanding jobs, discrimination often comes with higher stakeshttps://nyti.ms/2CY1F50
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After Ceeadria Walker learned she was pregnant, she said she gave her XPO supervisor a doctor’s note saying she should not lift more than 15 pounds. She said she asked to be assigned to an area with lighter items. https://nyti.ms/2CY1F50 pic.twitter.com/qFN9mjr4Ii
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Ceeadria Walker said her supervisor regularly sent her to a conveyor belt line where she had to lift 45-pound boxes. She miscarried the day after spending her shift handling those heavier boxes. https://nyti.ms/2CY1F50 pic.twitter.com/zmxPQawpb9
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Ceeadria Walker is not alone. 5 other women at the warehouse have also had miscarriages. In 2014, Erica Hayes, a worker who was in the second trimester of her first pregnancy, bled through her jeans at the end of her shift. She had lost her pregnancy. http://nyti.ms/2CY1F50 pic.twitter.com/0u0q6SuwNY
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The only federal law protecting expecting mothers is the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. It says a company only has to accommodate pregnant women’s requests if it is already doing so for other employees who are “similar in their ability or inability to work” http://nyti.ms/2CY1F50 pic.twitter.com/9YtGjJTQ8l
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In every congressional session since 2012, a group of lawmakers has introduced a bill for pregnant workers that would require employers to accommodate those whose health depends on it. The legislation has never had a hearing.http://nyti.ms/2CY1F50
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When your society is at the point where you on one hand call abortion murder but turn a blind eye to this kind of treatment your losing. We are all losing.
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Most warehouses have no AC. Weight is 10% UNDER the OSHA limit and limited to such for an extra margin of safety. We feel for any workers fainting, but don’t exploit or attempt to make them martyrs. If not suitable for their health, they must look for another job, not blame
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Where is OSHA?
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Workplace safety laws in the US do not specify different maximum weights for male and female workers. If they get paid the same as males, NP
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You clearly did not read this article lol it’s about pregnant women with doctor’s notes miscarrying because their bosses don’t listen to the doctors’ notes, not about giving women less work. If you’re injured or more at risk for injury, you should be protected.
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That's terrible... As a young man I worked in a Caster assembly plant where boxes were up to 70 pounds and we had no AC just a fan. Thankfully nothing happened to us there were days when the metal tables were too hot to touch. This must be hell for those poor people.
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