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- From: levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine)
- Subject: Re: Boycotts (was Re: Why are many low-income women fat?)
- References: <1992Dec26.174805.28940@wam.umd.edu> <1992Dec26.185424.16070@netcom.com> <BzvzoM.Fn3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec27.001454.8855@netcom.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 16:41:43 GMT
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- payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
-
- >In article <BzvzoM.Fn3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine) writes:
- >>payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
- >>
- >>>>>In many cases, these policies are a matter of public record. For
- >>>>>example, in the case of the systems analyst, she was explicitly
- >>>>>told by her contact at the employment agency that Sun would not
- >>>>>hire her.
- >>
- >>>Just for the record, it is my understanding that Sun is not hiring
- >>>-any- temporaries, at all, and this has been the policy for the last
- >>>several years. This is unqualified, regardless of sex, height, or
- >>>planet of origin, they will not hire any temps as permanant.
- >>
- >>>Even reading your text, I cannot see any implication of discrimination.
- >>
- >>The woman was considered for a permanent position at Sun; and she was
- >>explicitly told, that people of a nonstandard weight would not be
- >>considered for such positions.
- >>
- >>Yes, I think that's discrimination...
- >>
-
- >She was told this by the agency, not by Sun. And if it was within the
- >last several years, Sun has not been hiring temps. And just for the
- >record, I know an engineer at Sun who would probably not fit in the
- >passenger seat of my Honda Civic. If this were company policy, he
- >could not be working there.
-
-
- >Rich
-
- >payner@netcom.com
-
- Once again, I don't know when this incident happened; and the woman was
- not being considered as a temp.
-
- Are you curious enough for me to find out details?
-