Genevieve Colvin
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June 1, 2013
Being a new mother is not easy and getting breastfeeding off to a good start is a small – no, make that a HUGE miracle! Add the stress of losing your job because you tried to give your baby the best start in life? I can’t even imagine it. Breastfeeding became a protected Civil Right in California last year when Gov. Brown signed AB 2386, which amended our Fair Employment and Housing Act , to include a woman’s breastfeeding status. However, for years women in the US have been at risk of losing their job, because of a series of Federal Cases, in which the old patriarchy selectively sided with...
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May 11, 2012
TIME Magazine just became another self-appointed arbiter of “Mommy Judgment” by trying to inflame the Mommy Wars with their exploitative cover of a young mother standing like a mudflap girl and breastfeeding her 3, maybe 4 year old. The byline: “Are you Mom enough?” The answer is, as soon as you have a baby, YOU ARE MOM ENOUGH! TIME is sadly out of touch with what Moms really want. It’s time to ask, “Are we Mom-friendly enough?” In my circle of “Mom” friends, we largely think that the “Mommy Wars” are over. Until, of course, some stupid news outlet uses the Mommy War to try and sell magazines...
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March 8, 2012
Joanne* had her baby, took a 12 week job protected leave through the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and then dutifully returned to work. She spoke with her supervisor about her desire to continue pumping her breast milk and they worked out a reasonable schedule for her to use a back room to pump. Her pumping breaks took an extra 10-20 minutes a day beyond her normal rest and meal breaks. Because she is a low wage employee, her cost to take the breaks would have been approximately $5 a day, or the cost of a Venti latte. After a month, the owner found out that she was pumping and docked her...
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August 2, 2011
In June, the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles sponsored a unique training event entitled, “ The Business Case for Breastfeeding ”. The focus was on understanding, applying, and learning Best Practices in lactation accommodation policies and programs. Lactation Accommodations is not just the right thing to do - it's the law and it's good business. Women with children under the age of three are the fastest growing segment of the workforce. Employment is one of the leading causes of early termination of lactation. Mothers returning to work or school need lactation support and...
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