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OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering

OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering

Posted Aug 27, 2009 23:07 UTC (Thu) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510)
In reply to: OK, I'll bite. Sides of this issue you might not be considering by hypatiadotca
Parent article: FSF to host a mini-summit on Women in Free Software

And presumably the volunteers in a hospital are able to access the same venues for redress of things like harassment as the paid employees are.
I am not so optimistic that the situation is fair to the little people. The hospital has much higher stakes in dealing with the union than with volunteers. It is a lot easier for the volunteer to walk out than to accuse some "important" doctor and have a long controversy in which she is tarred too - including in the newspaper. And managements all around have tended to prefer to keep such things quiet.


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