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The Vermont Human Rights Commission ruled today that Freedom Airlines discriminated against nursing mother Emily Gillette when a flight attendant asked Gillette to cover up while breastfeeding and had her removed from the flight when she refused to do so. The parties now have a six-month period in which to attempt to negotiate a settlement. […]
Nearly a year and a half after Emily Gillette was removed from a Delta/Freedom Airlines flight for refusing to cover up while breastfeeding, the Vermont Human Rights Commission will hear the case. According to the Burlington Free Press, the Commission will review the findings of its investigator, who found reasonable grounds that Freedom discriminated against […]
Almost five months after nearly 900 people participated in nurse-ins at 40 airports across the country in support of Emily Gillette (the New Mexico mother who was kicked off an airplane for breastfeeding her toddler), Ms. Gillette’s case is starting to undergo investigation. Rebecca Robinson of the Bennington Banner reports that last Thursday the Vermont Human […]
Mothers returned to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport this morning for a repeat rally, both to support nursing mother Emily Gillette and to seek an apology for how the Texas mothers were treated at the initial rally.
This time the rally went off without a hitch. While the original rally consisted of five mothers and nine children, […]
The dust has settled after the national nurse-in on Tuesday, November 21, 2006, and the final tally approaches 900 activists and children at 40 airports across the country! I’m impressed by the tremendous grassroots effort organized in just four days’ time!
As I said, most of the press has been extremely positive. I’ve seen just a […]
All in all the first-hand accounts of the national nurse-ins have been extremely positive. The participants were peaceful and the news reporters were friendly and sympathetic to the cause. Only one participant reported a bad experience when she was turned away from JFK airport. Security was not allowing anyone without a ticket to enter, but […]
There are at least 20 airports confirmed for the national nurse-in tomorrow, and another 20 tentative sites (those which were recently added to the list and/or have one or two families committed and need more participants). Be sure to join the Yahoo Group for more information about your local airport if you plan to attend […]
Mesa Air Group (which operates as US Airways Express, Delta Connection, and United Express) has issued a press release that sounds a little more like the apology I expected:
“So there is no confusion, I would like to let folks know that we firmly support mothers’ right to nurse their children on board our aircraft. […]
The media frenzy over the woman kicked off a plane for breastfeeding continues.
Mothering magazine has an exclusive web interview with the mother, Emily Gillette, who says in part:
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Freedom Airlines operated the Delta flight from which a nursing mother was removed for refusing to cover up. The Burlington Free Press has been following the story, and today it published a statement by Freedom Airlines. The statement explains that the flight attendant in question was young and new to her job, and she has […]
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