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“The Talk” on Breastfeeding and The New Federal Workplace Pumping Law

Jake — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:00:03 +0000

The latest "sorta famous women sitting in a semi-circle talking about things they know little about" daytime show is called "The Talk." You probably know lots more about it then I do. It looks like "The View" which I have seen only in clips – the clips that arrive couched in "can you believe [insert [...]

Stacey Armato Responds To The TSA Post On Her Breast Milk Detention

Jake — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:00:38 +0000

Stacey Armato, the mom who was detained by the TSA when she requested that her pumped breast milk be given an "alternate" screening, agreed to an interview with me to answer some questions that might be lingering since the TSA posted its statement on her case.

Q. In any earlier interview you said you hadn't received [...]

The TSA Responds To Breast Milk Mom, Stacey Armato

Jake — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:58:15 +0000

[UPDATE: After the original publication of this blog post, the following went up on The TSA Blog: "Updated on 12/9/2010 at 8:25 P.M. to add that proper procedures were followed." Oh, really? ] Over at The TSA Blog, they have posted TSA Response to "TSA Breast Milk Screening" Video. It is quite short but has already [...]

Breast Milk Mom Prepares to Sue the TSA Over Detention

Jake — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:37 +0000

Stacey Armato, the mother who was detained by TSA agents in Phoenix last February when she asked for "alternate" screening for her pumped breast milk, has filed a TSA Tort Claim Package, the last step before she can file a lawsuit against the government employees who she claims detained her in retaliation for filing a [...]

Just When You Thought it Was Safe to Travel with Breast Milk: The TSA Targets Mothers

Jake — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:45:48 +0000

When attorney Stacey Armato arrived at the TSA inspection at her usual gate at Phoenix International Airport for her weekly return flight home to Los Angeles on February 1st, she felt a bit of trepidation. The week before she had been held for 40 minutes while TSA staff researched whether she had a right to [...]

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Fact Sheet on New Workplace Pumping Law

Jake — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:42:35 +0000

After much speculation on the impact of a new federal law requiring certain employers to give unpaid pump breaks to certain employees (and my advice to Curb Your Enthusiasm), the U.S. Department of Labor has issued a Fact Sheet.

Fact Sheet #73: Break Time for Nursing Mothers under the FLSA restates the requirements of [...]

Curb Your Enthusiasm About the New Federal Workplace Pumping Law

Jake — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:53:59 +0000

The workplace pumping provision of the federal health care bill sounds like great news for women who pump breast milk in the workplace. Who could complain about a federal requirement that all employers give reasonable unpaid breaks to employees who need to pump for their nursing infants? On closer examination of what the law actually [...]

When is Breastfeeding Rights Legislation a Bad Thing?

Jake — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:39:46 +0000

When it does not create or protect the right of a woman to breastfeed. When is breastfeeding rights legislation a really really bad thing? When it makes it even more difficult for a woman to breastfeed than if there were no law at all. And this really really bad thing is what is happening in [...]

Oh Where Oh Where is the Breastfeeding Promotion Act?

Jake — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:17:56 +0000

The presidential inauguration is only a few days away. All of us have our list of priorities for the new administration. Given the state of the economy and our war in Iraq (and on and on), I don't hold out much hope that breastfeeding will get much Congressional attention early on. Last year (and much [...]