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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Carl v. Children's Hospital, 702 A.2d 159 (1997)

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Carl v. Children's Hospital, 702 A.2d 159 (1997)
Parent Document
Carl v. Children's Hospital, 702 A.2d 159 (1997)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1997-09-23

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F. TANNENBAUM, A PHILOSOPHY OF LABOR 9 (1951) (emphasis in original). Because of this economic dependence on the part of employees, the at-will doctrine effectively "forces the non-union employee to rely on the whim of his employer for [the] preservation of his livelihood." Blades, supra, 67 Colum.L.Rev. at 1405. This dependence "tends to make him a docile follower of his employer's every wish," id., and may inhibit him *183 from speaking his mind freely if what he would like to say differs from that which the employer would like to hear.