My Story

 

NEWS 11/19/13: Guys, today we sent our "Appeal Brief For Rehearing" to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. We have been fighting with this case for three (3) years and we won't stop. Justice...!

IMPORTANT UPDATE TO NOVEMBER 14TH. 2013.

My case # 13-10446 against Target Corporation has been affirmed by the USCA from the  11^th. Circuit Court of Appeals. In fact, we received the document with the note “DO NOT PUBLISH”; however, the Court has published the whole document in its website.

Because I am a American Citizen that respect and comply with the United States laws, I will not publish the document; however, I will proceed to appeal the USCA from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision using the legal actions according to the laws and the United States Constitution that protect all US Citizen without consideration if you are Florida Resident or not.

Since December 2011 when this process started, I decided to protect my rights against the "Big Corporation" that using its power and the umbrella of the Florida laws which are oriented to protect the employers, allowing that they feel free to discriminate and abuse to the employees.

“NEW CHALLENGES TO FACE THE DISCRIMINATION IN THE NEW MILLENIUM”

A TRUE STORY

My intention to narrate my story is just mention what happened to me and I will put this case to be known for everybody in the United States…we are Americans and we will fight for Justice until the end!

THANKS FOR LISTEN TO ME…! I will continue fighting for the women rights with spirit and my whole heart. God bless the all women in United States of America.

        My name is Anamaria, originally from Venezuela and U.S. Naturalized American Citizen. I am living in Florida since 2002, and I have been married for 18 years with two daughters and one son. I am a System engineer graduated in Venezuela and recently graduated as Computer Information System in USA; I’m a woman like others that pursues to maintain a perfect balance between the family-work-personal life environments, with human and civil rights protected by our Constitution.

        This is a true story about the discrimination and retaliation that I suffered at the workplace during my pregnancy period. My story could be the same than others women have been facing now, or they suffered the same in the past in the United States. Whatsoever, many of those stories remain in the silence, because is doubtful that legal system supports many pregnant women to find the way to protect their rights against the unlawful actions from employers. The reality is that there are states around the country with a nature and flexible tendency to protect the employers that take unlawful actions to discriminate to pregnant women. Florida State is one of them…!

        As I mentioned above, my story could be the same like the majority of women whose go to work to sustain, protect, and cover the basic needs of their families. Whatsoever, at the time when we decide to work also we are exposed to any kind of maltreatment at the workplace. In fact, the problem begins and turning worst at the majority of the cases when you are pregnant. However, your health conditions as result of the developing of the pregnancy will change unexpectedly. Anyway, some managers do not care to these changes, and they used to play with your health without attention. Therefore, the health and integrity of the baby that is growing up inside may be in jeopardy for stress, and  consequently can face collateral damages that put the pregnant woman into a high risk for a miscarriage.