Dear Friends:
Since 1997, the City of Philadelphia has had an ordinance protecting
breastfeeding outside the home.
The Philadelphia Fair Practices Code, 9-1105 says:
A. It shall be an unlawful public accommodations practice;
1) For any person being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager,
superintendent, agent or employee of any place of public accomodation, resort or
amusement to:
c) Prohibit a breastfeeding mother or segregate a breastfeeding
mother within any public accomodation where she and her baby would otherwise
be authorized to be, irrespective of whether or not the nipple of the
mother's breast is covered during or incidental to breastfeeding.
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has issued lovely wallet cards
that cite the ordinance, and give some telephone numbers to call if needed.
One of the numbers is for the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.
I called that number a few weeks ago. I spoke with both an intake worker and
a supervisor. The intake worker said the same things as the supervisor.
When a complaint is filed, an investigator is assigned. The investigator's
primary goal is to educate and to seek some resolution such as creating a
policy, training staff in the policy, offering an apology or some restitution.
Failing that, the place of accomodation can be fined! However, education and
training is the major focus of the investigation.
At least one case a year is filed; the supervisor didn't know if there were
more, as these cases are filed in the Sexual Harassment file, instead of their
own file.
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner
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