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.
The teacher, who wants to remain anonymous, said her principal had reacted with a “complete lack of understanding” at her even asking for a “quiet private place” where she could express milk, according to the Ulster Teachers’ Union.
Rebekka Gilpin, an official with the UTU, said: “The result is that this new mum ended up in her car at lunchtimes, in all weathers, without privacy or dignity expressing milk for her new baby. Surely this cannot be right.”
