tender as hell

members of the austrian women's hockey team have come forward about their unequal and misogynistic treatment by the austrian ice hockey federation. they are given very poor accomodations, they have to sleep in bunk beds and change in unheated rooms, and they are given the ill-fitting hand me downs of the men's equipment

they are not compensated fairly and their work and school is not taken into account. they requested a meeting to discuss the new compensation model and the federation did not care and even fired multiple staff members with whom the women's team had positive relations. the team has hired a lawyer to represent them because the situation has escalated so far. multiple of the team's best players will not be attending the upcoming event in slovakia and they are even considering skipping worlds if treatment does not improve. the team feels harassed and bullied by the federation!

this is just awful and completely unnecessary treatment by the federation. i am also so proud of the austrian women's team for advocating for themselves and for how successful they've been in spite of this treatment!