Feb 15, 2019
TOKYO | Olympic volunteers: One-time chance, or exploitation?
TOKYO | Olympic volunteers: One-time chance, or exploitation?
TOKYO (AP) — Unpaid Olympic volunteers do almost everything: guide athletes around, greet dignitaries and translate for lost fans. IOC officials acknowledge the games couldn’t be held without them; invariably smiling, helpful and praised by presidents, prime ministers and monarchs.
The billion-dollar Olympics are awash with cash. But volunteers work for free. That’s the case at next year at the…
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