“There was nothing dignified about what this teacher was forced to do.”
A Northern Ireland teacher, who was still breast-feeding when she returned to work after maternity leave, was forced to express milk in a car park because no room could be found for her in the school, a union says.
At its annual conference in the Roe Valley Hotel today, the UTU is using its resolutions to call for an agreed framework allowing breastfeeding mums who wish to either nurse their baby or express milk to remain, with understanding and dignity, in the workplace to do so. “Most schools in such circumstances will find a mum a safe, warm place on the premises where she can express milk but the fact this situation was even able to arise shows that there is in fact no formalised support to ensure such teachers have protection in these circumstances.
She added: “With this teacher’s experience, it’s little wonder the UK has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world or that within the UK, Northern Ireland is bottom of the league.
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