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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; line-height: 24px;"><font color="#202020" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" style="font-weight: bold;">TL;DR UA Public Affairs wants to hear about mistreatment from UROP supervisors/MIT employers, hostile
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<font color="#202020" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Undergrads,</font><br>
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<font color="#202020" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Last semester, UA Council approved of UA Public Affairs</font><font color="#202020" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> advocating to expand protections and payment for unpaid student workers. In
particular, we have been working to extend sexual harassment, discrimination, and anti-exploitation protections that currently leave out many unpaid interns and volunteers. You can read </font><font face="Helvetica"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nlL4F3zzJRUMVM_cQnJjXL56OPVy8G7dtRj0YnFEuYE/edit?usp=sharing">UAPA’s
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