Following The New York Times article and XPO worker Chasisty Bee’s Op-Ed in Ms. Magazine PBS Newshour is the latest national news outlet to expose the horror inside XPO’s Verizon warehouse in Memphis Tenn.
XPO Worker Abuse
NYT: Lawmakers Call for House to Investigate XPO After Workers’ Miscarriages
Ninety-seven members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday called for a congressional investigation into working conditions at XPO Logistics, which operates a Memphis warehouse that several women said was rife with pregnancy discrimination.
NY Times Podcast: The Human Toll of Instant Delivery
The Daily, the New York Times podcast, interviews former XPO Memphis warehouse worker Tasha Murrell and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, a New York Times reporter that co-wrote an expose on the logistics giant. Murrell and Silver-Greenberg discuss the horrible working conditions and harassment workers have endured at the XPO facility.
Senators Ask Verizon and XPO About Pregnancy Discrimination
Nine senators, led by Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, wrote letters to the chief executives of Verizon and XPO Logistics demanding that the companies account for the conditions in a Memphis warehouse where several women suffered miscarriages.
XPO Workers in Indiana, New Jersey Seek Teamster Representation
(WASHINGTON) – XPO warehouse workers in Indianapolis, Indiana and XPO freight drivers in Rockaway, New Jersey filed for Teamster representation today, the latest action by workers across the U.S. who are banding together to fight for fair treatment at one of the largest transportation and logistics companies in the world.
Roosevelt Institute: The Rules of the Economy Are Taking a Tragic Toll on Women and Their Pregnancies
Recently, The New York Times published a report about women who, while working in physically demanding jobs, lost their pregnancies after requests for less-strenuous assignments were denied. The profile is a tragic example of the steep toll levied on women, and particularly women of color, who face economic and social rules that are rigged against them—rules that ultimately prioritize profit over life.
PBS News Hour: When Workplace Conditions Put Women’s Pregnancies at Risk
Forty years ago, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act made it illegal for employers to deny a woman a job, a promotion or higher pay because she is pregnant. But a new investigation found cases when workplace conditions put pregnant women at physical risk.
Life and Death on the Warehouse Floor
The work at XPO warehouses is carried on the shoulders of black women who are sexually harassed, bullied and discriminated against, and it’s time for us to come forward so their clients fully understand the conditions their products are handled in.
Commercial Appeal: Tennessee Revisits Pregnancy Discrimination Bill After Memphis Report
After hours of heavy lifting at her job, Tasha Murrell had a miscarriage. Now, with a new effort to protect pregnant workers forthcoming to her state legislature, Murrell is on a mission to ensure other women don’t face the same ordeal.
