Two female flight attendants for Frontier Airlines have filed complaints after they were refused the right to pump breast milk after their pregnancies on a ten hour shifts. The two women also confessed to being forced to take an unpaid leave after giving birth because of the refusal to allow breast milk pumping while working. Having just had given birth, women need to pump every three to four hours to maintain healthy and comfortable. The policy violated state and federal laws against discrimination based on sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and disability. Having to pump in the public restrooms as well as in the aircraft bathroom was both unsanitary and an inconvenience.
The fact that an occupation dominated by women still uphold these kinds of discriminatory and unreasonable policies prove how sexism is still an active behavior among certain businesses and communities. One shouldn't have to decide between a job and the health of themselves and their child.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/frontier-airlines-didnt-give-employees-a-place-to-pump?utm_term=.eid8zp231#.egoDyn7Yz
These women should fight for the right to pump. The way they were treated was illegal, and it is time they push back. Hopefully, they can achieve success for workplace equality, as many generations of feminists have been doing.
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