Rights for pregnant women
On the job should be of interest
Laws now protect them

#pregnantworkers #womenrights #fairness #haiku #poetry

https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/6/28/23777215/pregnant-workers-fairness-act-law-work-postpartum

Countless #PregnantWorkers unfairly lost their jobs over the course of the last decade, & overall family structures suffered a devastating loss of income during that time. Time that could've allowed families to build #GenerationalWealth pay #StudentLoans afford #Childcare ad infinitum

While some states adopted protections for pregnant workers (simple things! like water breaks, a stool to sit on, a bigger uniform), many did not

But guess what? That all changes in June 🙃

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pregnant-workers-fairness-act-job-protections_l_63b8316be4b0b2e150671f8e/amp

Here's a list of the Senators (all Republicans) who voted against guaranteeing reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers and who voted against reasonable break time to pump breast milk. #pregnantworkers

“With it, lawmakers appended a wide array of other long-stalled legislative proposals — banning #TikTok on government devices, helping Americans save for #retirement, protecting #PregnantWorkers from #discrimination & rethinking the way the country counts #ElectoralVotes in the presidential election.”