California Legislators & Supporters to Announce New State Bill to Support Lactation in the Workplace for Working Women
San Francisco – On Monday, Senator Scott Wiener will join state and local legislators, advocates, and business leaders to announce a new state bill to create new requirements supporting lactation in the workplace for working women. The press conference will take place at Stitch Fix, a San Francisco-based business whose founder and CEO Katrina Lake has implemented comprehensive policies to support women in the workplace, including extensive lactation room facilities. The new California bill being announced builds on a recently enacted San Francisco law authored by Supervisor Katy Tang, which gave San Francisco the strongest lactation room requirements in the country.
WHO: Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)
Katrina Lake, Stitch Fix CEO
Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco)
San Francisco Supervisor Katy Tang
Julia Parish, Legal Aid at Work
Elaine Wherry, Co-owner of Dandelion Chocolate
Ruthie Arevalo, Working mother
WHEN: Monday, January 29, 10:00 am
WHERE: Stitch Fix
120 Kearny Street, One Montgomery Tower, 15th Floor
San Francisco CA
(Sign-in required in the lobby)
Livestream link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMKJm-7FEY
WHY: Mothers are the fastest growing segment of the workforce in the United States. Even though two out of three mothers return to work after childbirth, only 52% of mothers have workplace breastfeeding support. Women with adequate break time and private space are more than two times as likely to be breastfeeding exclusively at six months as women without lactation accommodations. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continue breastfeeding for at least the next six months, during which time appropriate complementary foods are added to the infant’s diet.