Judith Galtry wrote so eloquently about the rights of babies to breastfeed. I have just got off the phone talking to an LLL Leader in Pennsylvania who was making inquiries about federal laws regarding a mother's rights to pump at work. The mother in question works in a production line. During her 8 hour shift she gets one 10 minute and one 20 minute break. That's it. How on earth can she find time to pump at work? Even for a non-pumping person, those hours seem barbaric to me. I happen to know that these conditions of work are quite common for line workers. Another mother in a similar situation told me how nobody was allowed to leave the line until the supervisor found a replacement to step in - and often there WAS no replacement. She related how a fellow worker with a stomach disorder was not allowed to go to the bathroom - with the inevitable results. Something is seriously wrong with a system that allows such inhuman treatment of it's workers. We are literally slaves to the system. It makes me feel angry and frustrated when I have to tell people that they have no legal recourse. BTW, In the case I mentioned above, the mother's union rep was less than helpful. Nobody cares. Nobody wants to know. We have so much work to do in this field. Norma Ritter IBCLC private practice in Big Flats - less than one hour south of Cornell :) [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html