FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A PAYCHECK AND PREGNANCY

No woman should have to choose between a healthy pregnancy and a paycheck.
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Dear Friend,

What if you were forced to choose between a paycheck and a healthy pregnancy? That's the unbelievable decision that Julie faced when she was pregnant at work.

As a dedicated UPS employee, Julie's job required her to lift heavy packages up to 14 hours per day. She wanted to keep working at UPS, who regularly granted lighter duty to employees for other health reasons, but they refused it for her.

She was forced to take unpaid leave and watch the bills pile up.

She's not alone-far too many pregnant women in physically demanding jobs are punished with this impossible choice.

But with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act making its way through Congress, there's a real opportunity to put an end to this unfair discrimination, if we can mobilize public pressure behind the bill. So we've joined with a coalition of dozens of organizations to make our impact even bigger for a special week of action this week.

Will you act now to provide clearer protections for pregnant workers in this special joint petition with our friends at MomsRising?

Too many employers are refusing to provide reasonable accommodations-even if they do it for workers with other health concerns-and instead are pushing pregnant women out of their jobs by firing them or forcing them to take unpaid leave.

Julie was forced to go on unpaid leave while her bills kept piling up. She ultimately filed a legal discrimination complaint with the help of ACLU and NYCLU lawyers, but she wouldn't have needed to if clearer protections were in place for expectant mothers.