http://www.latimes.com/news/local/po...,6714797.story
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| The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power came under fire Thursday for paying specialists to show new and expectant mothers at the utility how to properly breast-feed their children. |
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| The winning contractor also would be paid to show employees how to use the department's "breast pump program in traditional and nontraditional work environments." Neither the Port of Los Angeles nor Los Angeles World Airports -- two other city agencies with their own budgets -- have hired lactation specialists. But DWP officials say they have awarded such contracts since 1988 and argue that the service has improved employee morale and reduced absenteeism among new mothers. |
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| "It's enlightened. It's humanitarian. And it boosts productivity," he said |
