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The AFL-CIO urges support of the Pregnant Worker Fairness Act (#HR1065), and to oppose any motion to recommit. This common sense legislation will promote workplace gender equity, healthy pregnancies, and the economic security of pregnant and parenting women and their families.
The bill’s protections are particularly important now, as many workers return to the workplace and all workers struggle to stay healthy during the ongoing #COVID19 pandemic.
Over the last several decades, there has been a dramatic demographic shift in the workforce, with families increasingly depending on women’s income. There are more pregnant workers than ever before, and they are working later into their pregnancies.
