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Worker Sues Employer For The Death Of Her Baby
Well, how's that FREE MARKET helping American workers? I thought the FREE MARKET was better than...gasp! UNIONS! WORKPLACE REGULATIONS!...because business owners have workers' interests in mind enough for those big government bureaucrats to f___ off, right? Not for this supermarket worker:
Reyna García, a 30-year-old woman who works for the California grocery chain Albertsons, has filed a lawsuit claiming that the company refused to accomodate her pregnancy, which led to the death of her baby, the Huffington Post reports.
In her complaint, she says “that she presented her superiors with three separate doctor’s notes explaining her high-risk pregnancy and asking that her job duties be restricted,” the Huffington Post’s Dave Jamieson reports. Her role as merchandise manager involves loading and unloading pallets of heavy goods, climbing ladders, and moving pallet jacks carrying hundreds of pounds of product. She told her store manager that she has a history of pre-term delivery, but her requests to be shifted to lighter duty at the deli counter or in customer service were denied, her complaint states. She kept working because she couldn’t afford to lose the income and health insurance.
One day last November, she asked to leave work while in pain, but her request was denied and she continued her heavy lifting duties. She went into labor that night and rushed to the hospital. There she was informed that her baby was losing fluid and sustaining brain damage. She gave birth two days later, but the baby only lived for a few minutes.
According to the suit, Jamieson writes, “Baby Jade’s death over those several minutes was the most painful thing Ms. García had ever experienced.”
In her complaint, she says “that she presented her superiors with three separate doctor’s notes explaining her high-risk pregnancy and asking that her job duties be restricted,” the Huffington Post’s Dave Jamieson reports. Her role as merchandise manager involves loading and unloading pallets of heavy goods, climbing ladders, and moving pallet jacks carrying hundreds of pounds of product. She told her store manager that she has a history of pre-term delivery, but her requests to be shifted to lighter duty at the deli counter or in customer service were denied, her complaint states. She kept working because she couldn’t afford to lose the income and health insurance.
One day last November, she asked to leave work while in pain, but her request was denied and she continued her heavy lifting duties. She went into labor that night and rushed to the hospital. There she was informed that her baby was losing fluid and sustaining brain damage. She gave birth two days later, but the baby only lived for a few minutes.
According to the suit, Jamieson writes, “Baby Jade’s death over those several minutes was the most painful thing Ms. García had ever experienced.”
But those red states like Texas want to shut down Planned Parenthood...where are the bills to shut down businesses like Wal Mart and Albertson's that treat pregnant workers like this? I hope Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis introduces such a bill!
Despite this story I haven't heard about PRO LIFE activists boycotting Albertson's or Wal Mart (the TP story linked also relays a similar incident at Wal Mart.)
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