The Rampant Problem of Pregnancy Discrimination, Part 1

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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A New York Times investigation finds that pregnancy discrimination is systematic and pervasive inside America’s biggest companies. For women with physically demanding jobs, the bias is often overt. Guests: Natalie Kitroeff, who covers the economy for The Times, and Otisha Woolbright, who lost her job at Walmart after asking about maternity leave. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:33.2	This is the Daily.
0:40.2	Today, women are being sidelined, passed over for promotions and reasons, and fired when
0:47.2	they complain.
0:49.0	A Times investigation finds that pregnancy discrimination is rampant inside America's
0:55.8	biggest companies.
1:00.0	It's Tuesday, June 26.
1:06.3	So about six months ago, there was this explosion of me to coverage, and my colleague Jessica
1:12.6	Silver-Greenberg and I were at the same time hearing stories of pregnancy discrimination
1:18.3	on our beats, and we thought it was something we had to look into.
1:23.1	Natalie Kittroweth covers the economy for the Times.
1:27.1	And that's around the time that we came across this woman, Othesha Walbright.
1:32.2	I was born in Fort Myers, Florida, and then my mom moved me and my brother to Jacksonville,
1:45.2	and I was a very young, young girl.
1:47.8	She grew up in the 80s in Florida.
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