IBM doesn't give a shitt about its employees, and that's since 1993.
Those IBMers who are under such delusions, will be disappointed.
There is no such thing as IBM union. It's garbage.
I know. I am 15 year IBM veteran with vested rights, blah blah blah.
Tell them to get over it. They are just numbers.
P.S. And one more thing: IBM is not the company it was up to the late 80s. It's a service company with one product.