ENDA IS HEATING UP & CONGRESS NEEDS TO HEAR FROM US!!
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is moving quickly through both houses of Congress--but our contacts on Capitol Hill tell us they are not hearing enough from equality-minded people who support the bill, and that we do not yet have the votes needed to pass ENDA.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is scheduled to hold its hearing on ENDA this Thursday, November 5. The House of Representatives markup on ENDA is expected to take place as early as next week--and the full House will likely vote on ENDA before Thanksgiving.
So we must act quickly -- and we need your help. Contact your Representative and Senators immediately and urge them to support ENDA today and ask them to take swift action to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Our legislators must hear, loudly and clearly, that this bill is our top priority.
Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at: (202) 224-3121. Give the operator your zip code and ask to be connected to your Representative. Then, after leaving your message, hang up and call again to be connected to your two Senators.
Suggested voicemail message: My name is _____ and a proud resident of (your city, state). I am calling to urge Representative/Senator to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 3017/S. 1584), to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from job discrimination. Please take swift action to pass ENDA. I can be reached at _______ (provide your phone number). Thank you.
Or send an urgent email to your Representative and Senators by filling out the form and the button on the right.
It only takes a few minutes to make the calls or send the email, but the impact of your actions will touch lives for many years to come.
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Talking Points
1: The Employment Non-discrimination Act creates express protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people similar to those available under existing federal discrimination laws for other protected classes of workers.
2: A federal law is needed to expressly and uniformly prohibit workplace discrimination throughout the United States.
3: Corporate America generally opposes discrimination and has enacted policies protecting its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. More than 150 Fortune 500 companies have policies that include gender identity/expression. Companies have adopted these workplace non-discrimination policies because they are motivated by the bottom line.
4: It is critical that the bill cover both sexual orientation and gender identity. The express inclusion of gender identity is vital because transgender people face pervasive workplace discrimination, and existing federal law has proven inadequate to protect these workers.
