Justices weigh bias claim of pregnant UPS driver

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the three women on the Supreme Court vigorously questioned a UPS lawyer Wednesday over the company's refusal to give lighter duty to a pregnant worker, a closely watched case with potentially broad impact for female workers and their employers.

Questions from several justices during arguments suggested the court could be searching for a middle ground in the dispute between United Parcel Service and former driver Peggy Young.

UPS declined to give the woman temporary light-duty work so she could avoid lifting heavy packages after she became pregnant in 2006.

Young was in the courtroom Wednesday to hear the justices talk about employers' responsibilities under the 36-year-old Pregnancy Discrimination Act.

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Peggy Young, a Virginia woman who lost her UPS job because she became pregnant, carries a bouquet of flowers as she leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. The Supreme Court is weighing how much employers must do to accommodate pregnant workers under a federal law aimed at combating discrimination against them. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)


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[Blue_Tires]

1. I thought UPS were all Teamsters?

Did the union protect her at all? The story doesn't say...

[Kingofalldems]

2. The union doesn't own the company.

[Blue_Tires]

5. No, I meant the union lobbying on her behalf...

[Kingofalldems]

7. I'm sure they did. But if there was no

actual contract violation, there is little they can do. Don't know what kind of grievance procedure they have.

[Indydem]

3. This story is fucking ridiculous.

They gave non-driving work to people who had DUI's, and light duty work to people who had strokes.

But fuck her for daring to get pregnant, because it was an off work disability.

I love UPS, but fuck them in the ear.

They have since changed their policy.

[INdemo]

8. UPS is our area sucks..

[bloomington-lib]

4. They're also shitty ALEC supporters

[greatlaurel]

6. UPS is a terrible company and I refuse to use them if at all possible. This case is the last straw.

Here in my rural area, they drop all their packages at the post office for the USPS to deliver for them. They charge ridiculous rates and force the Post Office to deliver the packages, while UPS makes ridiculous profits and treat their employees like this. Disgusting.

[groundloop]

9. Yep.... USPS all the way

USPS has better rates, treats employees better, and are more reliable to boot. Anyone remember last Christmas season, UPS and FedEx couldn't get packages delivered on time because they didn't hire enough seasonal help, but USPS never had so much as a hiccup?