Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Introduces “Be Heard” Act to Prevent Harassment in the Workplace
April 17, 2019
Pressley: “This is for the brave women of the Boston Fire Department, for the hotel workers I worked alongside when I was scrapping money together to help my family, for the transgender men and women who face discrimination for living their truth. This is for those workers who shared their stories and instead of justice, faced retaliation.” WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-05), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (MI-08), and Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26) introduced the Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination (Be HEARD) in the Workplace Act, legislation which