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55800 Re: Let Obama Do It
   ktc - They were fearful of the evil unionization... still are.. Pointl...
weco   FFFT   09 Sep 2013
12:38 PM
55792 Re: Let Obama Do It
   Not all that different then when I worked for EDS. After all Ross Per...
oldCADuser   FFFT   09 Sep 2013
3:37 AM
55769 Re: Let Obama Do It
   http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/waywewore/waywewore_1.html
joe-taylor   FFFT   08 Sep 2013
9:16 PM

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Re: Let Obama Do It

By: killthecat in FFFT
Sun, 08 Sep 13 7:08 PM
Msg. 55767 of 65535
(This msg. is a reply to 55764 by weco)
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Weco:

I said times have changed. IBM went about sixty years without a layoff, and was able to fend off unionization by treating their employees decently. I have generations of IBMers in my extended family, and still have business relations with the company. It certainly isn't the All-American company any more. I still have my first IBM uniform from the sixties - black topcoat, black gloves, black soft hat, grey suit, white button-down, conservative tie, calf-length socks, and wingtips. And I was a lab rat, not a salesman or field engineer. Bought it all my first day on the job. It was just like the Army.