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Alysia Montano
When she got pregnant, track runner Alysia Montano was told by her sponsor Nike that they would be pausing her contract and would stop paying her once she went on leave. She spoke up and against the the company, in both a video and via a New York Times piece on the matter. After plenty of public outcry, Nike was pushed to introduce a new maternity policy for all sponsored athletes that guaranteed athlete’s pay and bonuses for 18 months around their pregnancies.
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