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Show Te ____The Salt LakeTribune BUSINESS Friday,J _BS Se CONSUMER CORNER CENTERPIECE Workplaces Offering Lactation Programs Inventories Shrinking At New-Car Dealerships Benefit allows moms to pumpbreast milk at work, reducing stress and medical expenses BY JESSIC: IN KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE BERKELEY,Calif. — Twice a day, Larisa DETROIT — If you are holding out for a hot deal on that white Chevy Malibu until the usual endof-summer sales blowout, think again. Evenif the strike at General Motors Corp. doesn’t last, automakers’ inventories are shrinking. With their profit margins under pressure, the car companies are signaling that the frenzy ofrebates, discount “loyalty” coupons, and cutrate financing deals that pushed sales to record levels this spring soon will subside. Evenif someofthedeals contin- ue,this spring’s orgy of selling has so depleted supplies of some popular vehicles that some top models could be hard to find by August. 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The offer will be in effect for thefirst 12 months of service for AT&T residential long-distance customers or for the first six months ofservice for nonAT&Tlong-distance customers. Yagolnitser, a 26-year-old software engineer, gets up from her desk at Barra Inc. and walks down twoflights ofstairs to a privatelactation room. There shesits in a chair, lifts her blouse, attaches a funnel to her breast, connects a tube to a pump, flips a switch and relaxes for The Summit Group in Salt “Tf I couldn’t pump, I’m not sure if I would have come back to work. If ever I am outlooking for another job, these kinds of benefits anda facility for breast pumping will be almost more important considerations than salary.” 15 minutes as milk flows into a bottle she Stores in a small refrigerator until she can get home tofeed her 5-month-old daughter, Nora Barra, a Berkeley-based software firm, is just one of a growing number of companies across the country catering to nursing moms. For Yagolnitser and Barra, the corporate lactation program is a winning formula. Yagolnitser can breast-feed Nora without miss- ing a beat at work, and Barra holds on to a valued employee in tight labor market. “If I couldn’t pump, I’m notsureif I would have come back to work,” Yagolnitser said. “If ever I am out looking for another job, these kindsof benefits and a facility for breast Pumping will be almost more important considerations than salary.” Thecorporatelactation trend is especially Prevalent in companies known for their progressive employment practices, such as Levi Strauss & Co., and in high-technology companies hungry forskilled professionals, such as Sun Microsystems Inc. But even more conser- vative firms, such as Price Waterhouse, have developed successful corporate lactation pro- grams. “Finally,” said Rona Cohen, national program manager for the Sanvita Corp. Lactation Program, run by MedelaInc., a manufacturer and marketer of breast pumps. The Sanvita program has been adopted by companies and agencies across the country. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed up its employees. “The business world is finally recognizing Larisa Yagoinitser New mother A that womencan provide breast milk for their babies and be back at work as long as they have an adequate support system in place,” Cohensaid. Corporatelactation programstypically offer for free everything from consultations with a lactation specialist to breast-feeding kits. Many companies also provide or help subsidize thecost of the electric breast pump, which can cost between $277 and $575. Whenit comesto changingattitudes toward breast-feeding in the workplace, nursing momsare gettinga little help from the medical experts. For decades, doctors have championed the protective health benefits of breast-feeding to mother and child. Breast-feeding helps decrease in babies the frequency andseverity of allergies, ear infections and diarrheaand lessensthe risk of sudden infant death syndrome, diabetes and other childhoodillnesses. For mothers, breast-feeding reduces the risk of breast and ovarian cancer and helps shed pounds gained during pregnancy. Thenlate last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued revised guidelines, strongly recommending that women breastfeed babies forat least a year, if not longer. The new guidelines could signal an important turning point in corporate consciousness — and with good reason. Those companies that have adopted lactation programs in the past decade have found that taking care of babieshas a bottom-line benefit. area. Brown's assessmentof the wa- Recentstudies also show that breast-feeding at work is a cost-saving measure for em- ployers, resulting in fewer medical claims and absences from work. Kaiser Permanente foundthatinfants who werebreast-fed forat least six months had $1,435less in health-care claims than formula-fed infants. Philadelphia-based Cigna Corp. is conducting a study to evaluate the benefits to mother, child and company. Four years ago, it introduced a nationwide program that has so far served 400 women, including Olin Lau, a case manager whoworksfor Cigna Healthcareunit in Oakland, Calif. ‘‘It is so helpful,” said Lau, a nursing mom of 3-month-old Eric. Despite the growing number of companies offering breast-feeding programs, corporate America has been slow to embrace the idea Willie Brown wantsthe city to get ter’s purity is bolstered by the fact that federal and state regulators do not require it to befiltered. in the bottled water business,offering the Hetch Hetchy reser- voir’sfinest. “Tt’s as goodasCalistoga. It’s as good as Evian,” Brown said Wednesday. The water comes by aqueduct directly from the Hetch Hetchy response from supervisors, Cohensaid. “High-powered and high-income people can usually work something out, but blue-collar workers struggle,” she said. “It’s still a twotiered system.” Valley in Yosemite National Park, about 125 miles east of the city. 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The dividend will be paid on July 21 to shareholders ofrecordas of July 2 The company has paid continuous quarterly dividendssinceits initial Cordant Technologies Inc., Ogden, said its Huck International subsidiary has completed the pre- viously announced $270 million purchase of Jacobson Manufacturing Co., a maker of custom-designed metal parts and fasteners used in the automotive and heavy construction industries. Cordant was formerly known as Thiokol Corp. APR 1) monthly payments of $19, 75 per $1,000borrowed. (NOW UNTIL JULY 31ST, YOU CAN BUY A LEXUS FOR THE PRICE OF AN ORDINARYCAR.) ECONOMY'S REGULAR DISCOUNTED PIIGE $25.49 ECONOMY’S SALE PRICE $20.99 REBATE P&L ~ $2.00 $37.15 ‘bi *) SUGGESTED RETAIL- oer supplier to the aerospaceindustry. s a, Py $36.72 <=> VAPEX sy e 99 —_,| AQUA ROYAL $32.81 { ae" SUGGESTED RETAIL- a Cedar City has opened a new Fon- tana,Calif., office. 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Brown said he hasyetto determine whether the city would sell have teamed up tocutprices! THIS IS THE ONE PAINT SALE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS! ACCOLADE SEMIGLOSS 1900s, has begunits fourth season. The trolley, which visits several Theboard ofdirectors at JP Realty Inc., Salt Lake City, has de- “Lots of us think it’s a great order hada ringto it “The idea was given to me kiddingly at first. But it got me to go The Discovery Trolley,a replica of vehicles in use in the early ing rates, And many new moms arereluctant to ask permission to pumpat work, especially lowerranking workers who fear an unsympathetic idea,” said Lawrence Klein, general managerof the Hetch Hetchy water and powersystem. Managers with the Public Utili- dered a “Hetch Hetchy with ice.” Hotels and Paracelsus. figure the cost of various construction projects. States still has one of the lowest breast-feed- So do the people in charge of the water. Brown said the idea came to him at a restaurant when he or- 21 people, wonsix silver and two bronze awards. The Summit Group's clients include Cigna Healthcare of Utah, Doubletree and, amongindustrialized nations, the United hesaid. Economy Lumber & Pratt & Lambert SUGGESTED RETAIL- advertising agency, which employs Lactation policies keep working mothers on the payroll, reduce stress, heighten productivity and employee morale and nurture the company’s family-friendly reputation in the marketplace, workplace experts say. A Levi Strauss & Co. employee survey found that 94 percent of momsfelt the lact tion program contributedto their job satisfaction, 80 percent believed it reduced potential absenteeism, and 65 percent said it encouraged themto return to work earlier. 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