Below are some accounts of discrimination in the workplace. There are live links in the headers and the paragraphs are a short summary of what the website(s) are about.

“Workplace discrimination is illegal. But our data shows it’s still a huge problem.""

Thousands of people report job discrimination to the government each year. Employers are rarely held accountable.

3 Powerful Stories Of Workplace Discrimination That Prove the U.S. Needs ENDA

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), currently under consideration in the House of Representatives after having passed the Senate, forbids discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. While it may seem that these measures are redundant, sexual orientation is not covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The legislation has drawn much criticism from supporters of small government, whereas others have declared it unnecessary.

WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION Associated Press News

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A long list of bills aimed at shoring up workplace protections for pregnant women, allowing greater state investments in local companies, providing bonuses to local police...

LYNN’S STORY – WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION

I had an abortion. It devastated my life for many years. I can speak today from a place of healing and restoration. But let me be clear, I am talking about the loss of my son whom I named Stephen. I was born and bred in East Belfast. Number six in a lineup of seven brothers and sisters. I went to Grosvenor Grammar School and by the time I was doing my GCSE exams, I already had a place in the Women’s Royal Army Corps to commence basic training in November that year. I had been in the Army almost two years when I became pregnant to my first and only sexual partner. He had no idea I was pregnant and he was unreachable. At that time in 1980, it was Ministry of Defence policy, across all three branches of the Armed Services, to dismiss pregnant servicewomen. If you kept your child, even if you were married, stringent re-enlistment rules applied. My ‘choice’ given to me by the army doctor, was stark. If I decided to keep our child, I would lose my home, my income and my career in one fell swoop. My boyfriend wasn’t due back for a few weeks yet so where would I live etc? I caved in to pressure from the Army to ‘choose’ abortion for the various reasons told to me. ‘Think of your career’, ‘you are young – plenty of time to have children’, ‘it’s not a baby anyhow it is just a blob of cells’. All the voices around me were advocates of abortion so I felt I had no other choice. Completely naive about the facts of what abortion entailed I aborted our son, Stephen, on September 21 1980. I was unaware that Stephen was not a ‘blob of cells’ but at 11 weeks was an actual life, already with a heartbeat and DNA unique to him, completely separate to mine. Unaware that I would be at risk of suicidal thoughts and ideation, I attempted suicide twice. Unaware that miscarriage after abortion is common and that I would lose my first subsequent daughter Lily and that I would have problems bonding with later children, which I experienced with the birth of our first living daughter.....(story continued in website)

Real Life Examples of Discrimination in the Workplace

It’s difficult to believe that today, in the 21st century, discrimination is still a major issue, but as much as we would like to think that we live in a world full of peace, harmony and widespread acceptance, this just sadly isn’t the case.

Nike accused of fostering hostile workplace in new gender discrimination lawsuit

Nike is accused of “intentionally and willfully discriminated against [women] with respect to pay, promotions, and conditions of employment” in new lawsuit. The lawsuit filed accuses Nike of systematically discriminating against women and fostering a hostile workplace that tolerated or ignored sexual assault. Nike has taken a number of corrective steps since the allegations came to light in March, including ousting at least 11 executives and changing its pay practices.