The Rampant Problem of Pregnancy Discrimination, Part 2

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🗓️ 27 June 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Many women are passed over for promotions and raises when they become pregnant. Part 2 of this series examines the subtle sidelining of pregnant women and mothers in corporate America. Guests: Natalie Kitroeff, who covers the economy for The New York Times, and Erin Murphy, who alleges that she was denied opportunities by her employer, Glencore, once she became a mother. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the bail.
0:09.0	Today, part two of the Times investigation into pregnancy discrimination.
0:15.0	The subtle sideline of pregnant women and mothers in corporate America.
0:21.0	The
0:22.2	The
0:24.2	The
0:26.2	The
0:26.2	The
0:27.2	The
0:28.2	It's Wednesday June 27.
0:31.2	The
0:33.2	The
0:35.2	Aaron, did you always know that you wanted kids?
0:39.2	I would say no. I think there was a point in time where I was going to be
0:45.0	much more career focused and kind of thought, well, maybe the kids thing isn't
0:50.0	for me.
0:53.0	Earlier this year while working on this investigation into pregnancy discrimination,
0:58.0	I met this woman, Erin Murphy.
1:01.0	Natalie Kittroweth covers the economy for the Times.
1:05.0	She works in commodities trading in New York.
1:08.0	Basically buying and selling commodities that could be anything from metals or oil or
1:16.0	cotton or things like that.
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