Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

The Task Force Action Fund has been pushing for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) for years. While we had garnered tremendous momentum in 2009, the year ended without passing ENDA and securing workplace discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. In 2010, the Task Force along with partner organizations will continue ardently pushing Congress to pass a fully-inclusive ENDA.

The following is a recap of ENDA action undertaken thus far:

In December, the House Committee on Education and Labor postponed a mark-up of the bill and several organizations, including the Task Force, issued a joint statement to express its outrage over urging Congress to continue moving forward with ENDA after an apparent stall. Read the statement here.

On Nov. 5, the Task Force submitted testimony to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee's hearing on ENDA, on the heels of testimony submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor Sept. 23, 2009.