Three months after giving birth, Ariana Gossard was ready to return to work as a receptionist at Hampton Inn Bordentown in New Jersey. However, things didn’t go as planned.
Gossard said the hotel fired her because there weren’t any positions that would give her the time she needed to pump breast milk for her daughter. She asked for two or three 15-20 minute breaks, which she should be permitted to have under the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
“I’m willing to work whatever they gave me, I just need breaks. They asked me why I needed the breaks, and I told them I need breaks to express breast milk because I’m exclusively breastfeeding and I need to pump in order to have milk for my daughter and they told me they couldn’t do that for me at my position,” Gossard said.
At the 1:23 mark, a reporter was also turned away when she went to the establishment to ask the manager about the incident.
This might not be surprising for some since the issue of breastfeeding is often a touchy subject. For example, many people expressed anger when Argentinian politician Victoria Donda Perez was photographed breastfeeding her baby at work. Another woman was also humiliated on the Internet for breastfeeding in public.
In this particular case, the general manager reportedly told Gossard that he'd be forced to hire another person during her shift to ensure that there was someone at the front desk at all times.
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