Stand with pregnant workers (SCOTUS Dec 3)

[Omaha Steve]

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No one should ever have to choose between her job and the health of her pregnancy.

Unfortunately, that's exactly what many women find themselves facing. When employers refuse to accommodate pregnant workers with medical needs, women can end up without a paycheck at the moment they need it most.

Stand with pregnant workers.

When Peggy Young, a delivery driver for UPS, found out she was pregnant, her doctor recommended that she avoid lifting more than 20 pounds. But UPS refused her request for "light duty" — even though the company provided accommodations to people with disabilities or on-the-job injuries, and even though it gave breaks to delivery drivers who had lost their drivers' licenses as a result of DUI convictions.

Peggy was pushed onto unpaid leave for the duration of her pregnancy, and lost her UPS-provided health benefits.

Stand with Peggy Young and Pregnant Workers: https://secure2.convio.net/nwlc/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=C1FCA21BA9DA7EB3F2223C587A557605.app251b?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1251

Send a message of support to Peggy Young — because no woman should have to choose between her job and her pregnancy.

Take Action: https://secure2.convio.net/nwlc/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1251

In a few weeks the Supreme Court will hear Peggy Young's case, Young v. UPS, to decide whether UPS violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act by refusing to offer her the same accommodations it made available to non-pregnant workers with similar limitations.

How the court rules in Young v. UPS will impact working women across the country. And because many families rely on mothers' earnings, when pregnant women are forced off the job and lose their paychecks and health care, their families suffer as well.

Send your message of support for Peggy Young and all pregnant workers today. We'll collect your messages and present them to Peggy Young on the day of the Supreme Court hearing, Dec. 3.

Thank you for all you do for women and their families.

Sincerely,
Emily J. Martin
Vice President and General Counsel
National Women's Law Center