The 2020 presidential candidate allegedly told Kimberly Watkins she "wouldn't want to continue working as hard."
NEW YORK ― A former employee of Manhattan Prep says that Democratic presidential candidate and former Manhattan Prep CEO Andrew Yang fired her in 2007 because he did not believe she would want to “continue working as hard” after she was married.
Watkins is expected to appear at a public hearing on pay equity in New York City on Thursday night, which is hosted by the NYC Commission on Gender Equity, the Commission on Human Rights and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The co-chair of the Commission on Gender Equity is Chirlane McCray, the wife of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is also running for president.
“Since the termination was couched for me, as a ‘freedom to move on’ narrative, the deal Andrew Yang offered me was commensurate with what he believed I deserved, a monthly payment for no longer working,” writes Watkins. “Sounds a lot like Yang’s ‘freedom dividend’ platform doesn’t it?... Rather than governing our way into a sustainable economy, Yang’s plan absolves the government from overseeing companies that could render countless workers obsolete.
Story continuesIn 2017, women were nearly twice as likely to report an experience of gender discrimination at work. Big life changes, like marriage and child-rearing, also play a role in the conversation about the gender pay gap. In a 2016 Pew survey, mothers were twice as likely as fathers to report that taking time off after the birth or adoption of a child negatively impacted their career.
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