Texas NOW activists -- joined by members of  Post Office Women Advocates -- will gather in front of a San Antonio mail facility to protest sex discrimination and sexual harassment in the Postal Service. The demonstration will draw attention to complaints lodged by women postal workers in San Antonio. "NOW calls on the U.S. Post Office to stamp our harassment and discrimination in its workplaces," NOW Vice President Action Elizabeth Toledo said.
 

WHAT:     Protest against discrimination and harassment in the Postal Service

WHEN:     Friday, October 2, 1998
                  3:00 pm

WHERE:  U.S. Postal Service General Mail Facility
                  10410 Perrin Beitel Road
                  San Antonio, TX 78284

WHO:      TEXAS NOW, including chapters members from San Antonio, Austin, Dallas
                 and Corpus Christi, and the Post Office Women Advocates
 

The San Antonio protest is part of  NOW's Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign -- a national campaign that challenges employers to provide work-sites free of  harassment and discrimination.
 

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