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NYCLU Applauds Passage of Bill Enabling Working Mothers to Continue Nursing (06/21/2007)
NEW YORK - The New York Civil Liberties Union today applauded the passage in the New York State Legislature of a bill that would ensure working mothers' right to pump breast milk during their work breaks, enabling them to continue breastfeeding upon returning to work after giving birth.

ACLU Praises Introduction of Employment Non-Discrimination Act (04/24/2007)
Washington - The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed strong support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) introduced today by Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Christopher Shays (R-CT). This legislation would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in all aspects of employment, including hiring, firing, promotion, compensation, and most conditions of employment.

ACLU of New Mexico Joins Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Local Hockey Team (05/11/2004)
ALBUQUERQUE--The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today announced its representation of five former employees of the New Mexico Scorpions hockey team in their pending lawsuit over hostile and discriminatory working conditions during the 2001-2002 season.

ACLU Urges House to Move Senate-Passed Bill Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination (04/01/2004)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the House of Representatives to take up S. 1053, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, passed unanimously by the Senate last year.

ACLU Hails Victory as CA Court Allows Non-Citizen Baggage Screeners to Remain Eligible for Jobs (11/13/2002)
LOS ANGELES - A federal district judge has sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and a coalition of civil rights groups by ruling that their constitutional challenge to the government's exclusion of qualified non-citizen baggage screeners from eligibility for federal airport screener posts may go forward.

ACLU Amicus Brief in Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders (03/04/2004)

Declaration of Andrew Clement in U.S. v. New York City Board of Education (10/23/2002)

Declaration of Martha Chellemi in U.S. v. New York City Board of Education (10/23/2002)

Declaration of Charmaine DiDonato in U.S. v. New York City Board of Education (10/23/2002)

Intervention Brief in U.S. v. New York City Board of Education (10/23/2002)

Sign On Letter to House of Representatives Urging Members to Vote Against the Class Action Fairness Act (02/23/2005)

Coalition Sign-On Letter Urging Exemption of Civil Rights and Wage Hour Cases from S. 5, the Class Action Fairness Act (02/02/2005)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Support for H.R. 2282, the Equal Access to Justice Reform Act (03/11/2004)

Coalition Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S. 274, the Class Action Fairness Act in order to Protect the Rights of Victims of Discrimination, Consumer Fraud and Toxic Pollution (01/26/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Senator Schumer Urging Him to Reintroduce the Notice of Electronic Monitoring Act (12/18/2003)

Sample Op-Ed Column (03/12/2002)
Gail Nelson never wanted to be a porno star. She was shocked when she found out that her employer, Salem State College, had secretly videotaped her changing her clothes in her office after work. Why they did it and how many men have seen the tape she is still trying to find out.

Model Testimony (03/12/2002)
Thank you for allowing the American Civil Liberties Union to submit testimony on the subject of Privacy of Genetic Information. The ACLU is a national, private, non-profit organization of more than 250,000 members dedicated to preserving the principles of liberty embodied in the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution.

Current Organizing Strategy (03/12/2002)
Currently the ACLU's focus is on general public education and outreach to human resource managers' associations. A new monograph, entitled "Drug Testing: A Good Investment?," will be available in the fall of '98. It discusses new research indicating that random drug testing is not a cost-effective approach to preventing drug-related workplace problems. A toll-free information line (800-323-8820) has been set up for human resource managers to contact the ACLU's Task Force for further information on drug testing and alternatives.

Sample Op-Ed Column (03/12/2002)
You may be perfectly healthy and never been sick a day in your life, yet no employer will hire you because tests show that one day you might develop a genetic disease.

Summary of Laws Regarding Genetic Discrimination (03/12/2002)