By Rebecca Gale, Working Mother, March 23, 2021
Charnae Easton was forced to breast-pump in front of a window. So she sued—and won. Here, she shares her story for the first time.
Charnae Easton knew she wanted to breastfeed her daughter. Even when she was pregnant, she told her supervisors at the Richmond, California post office where she worked as a mail carrier that she would need a place to pump milk when she returned from leave. She’d even planned to work up until she gave birth, because, like many women in the US, especially low-wage workers, United States postal employees don’t qualify for paid maternity leave. Charnae knew she was a good, hard worker—she got along well with her supervisors, liked the job and felt reasonably confident that the postal service would give her such accommodations.
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