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Fri Apr-15-11 12:04 PM
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Vermont IBM workers: Management doesn't speak for us on health care |
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Workers and managers from Vermont's IBM plant are bringing a fight about health care to the Vermont Statehouse.
IBM Corp. government affairs Director John O'Kane has been warning about the dangers of a bill aimed at putting the state on a path toward single-payer health care. He says if it ends up imposing costs on business, it could make Vermont's IBM plant less competitive.
But on Thursday, workers from IBM came to the Statehouse to say they like what Gov. Peter Shumlin and the Legislature are doing on health care reform.
Earl Mongeon of the workers' group Alliance at IBM says executives at the company never talked to workers before bringing the company's views before lawmakers.
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Fri Apr-15-11 12:07 PM
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within 2 years, the Vermont plant closes and all the jobs are sent to India.
(easy one to make since IBM has already done exactly that with most of its US workforce)
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Fri Apr-15-11 12:17 PM
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Fri Apr-15-11 12:23 PM
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3. Corporations don't speak on behalf of or for their employees... |
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employees are a commodity they must manage for their shareholders.
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