Memory Lane: two excellent articles by Samatha M Shapiro about the 'permatemps' at Microsoft... 15 years ago

 The Temp's rights was published in February 1999 and Temporary Victory in May 1999, both in The Stranger. Samantha Shapiro is now a contributing writer with the New York Times and many other magazines. 14 years later, the Microsoft's temps are back to square 1.

The Vizcaino victory appears to have been quite temporary.

The Vizcaino vs Microsoft decision, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, May 12 1999

If you want to revisit the Vizcaino decison, rendered May 12 1999 in San Francisco by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals: click Here or read below, especially at the end. Here is the résumé of the case by the plaintiff's attorneys  as posted on their website. They refused to discuss the case with me.