Exclusive: Wal-Mart tore my family apart: Inside a worker’s heartbreaking pregnancy “disaster”

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/09/wal_mart_tore_my_family_apart_inside_a_workers_heartbreaking_pregnancy_disaster/

WEDNESDAY, APR 9, 2014 07:30 AM CDT

Exclusive: Maryland mom says retail giant trying to quiet her after company policies cost her a degree -- and more

JOSH EIDELSON


Tiffany Beroid (Credit: OUR Walmart)

Wal-Mart worker Tiffany Beroid alleges that the retailer’s refusal to accommodate her high-risk pregnancy cost her a nursing degree, forced her husband to work 18-plus hours straight, and “basically split my family in half.”

Beroid featured prominently in a Saturday story by the Washington Post’s Lydia DePillis, reporting that Wal-Mart had issued a new policy stating that women “may be eligible for reasonable accommodation” if necessitated by “temporary disability caused by pregnancy.” That change represents a partial fulfillment of the demands of union-backed non-union group OUR Walmart, and its campaign “Respect the Bump.”

Beroid alleged to Salon it was the Post story that spurred multiple managers to castigate her in a same-day meeting over a supposed infraction that she said had never been an issue in the past. A Wal-Mart spokesperson denied that allegation, telling Salon in an email that it was “unrelated” and regarded as “a separate work performance issue.”

Salon spoke with Beroid – on that meeting, how Wal-Mart handled her pregnancy (“it basically split my family in half”), and the retailer’s new policy shift. A condensed version of the conversation follows below.

FULL story at link.

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1. Where are the PRO LIFE protesters?

And don't you find it odd how Wal Mart caters to those who would lean "PRO LIFE" with these anti pregnancy policies?