In a message dated 96-01-03 17:27:40 EST, you write:

>I received a phone call today from a friend/LLL Leader. She had had a call
>from a mother who is an employee at a health club. The mother is employed
>inthe nursery as a caregiver, and has always brought her child to the
>nursery also, to work with her. The child is 26 mo now, I believe..and
>"people" have been complaining about this child nursing during the mother's
>worktime. It was ok as long as it was a small baby, but now the mother has
>been told that it is no longer good for her baby, and that she can't nurse
>there...anymore.  She has also been told that employees have complained, and
>so have other people who bring their child in for care there.
>
>What would we be able to tell this mother to help her deal with this
>situation. She feels she is doing a good job while at work, and my feeling
>is that the health club had better be setting a policy for ALL
>employees..not jsut for this one mother just because they feel like it
>is"disgusting, or not good for the woman's baby anymore.".  Can they just
>set a policy for ONE employee, and not for others, ?
>
>Disgusted.
>Kathleen
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This might be a wonderful test case. The mother should contact the LLLI's
legal dept  (yes, they have a legal advisory board) and see whether she has
recourse. I believe that she has a court case.

Katie Allison Granju