Are any of the Canadian IBM sites for sale? <br>Since IBM Rochester was sold, there have been<br>questions about other sites being sold too. <br>Are there any...
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winnipeg1919
Mar 7, 2000 5:23 pm
We have heard some rumours of a major re-org coming, but nothing specific....
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ibm_service_guy
Mar 9, 2000 2:16 am
Articles like this in newspapers really stand out.<br>It is important that we get some messages out and published.<br><br><a...
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hring2
Mar 16, 2000 7:38 pm
I'm a new member and I just wanted to test the process of posting messages...
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retired_1998_ca
Mar 16, 2000 8:30 pm
I need your help in compiling some legal evidence. When we made the DB/DC decision, there was a clear implication from IBM that the base years would continue...
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retired_1998_ca
Mar 16, 2000 8:43 pm
Does anyone have a copy of the CHOICEMAKER software that IBM gave us to use when making the DC vs DB decision? I have my original disks, but they won't load ...
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ibm_service_guy
Mar 17, 2000 2:35 am
A copy has surfaced and will find it's way to the appropriate people. It has been tested and works under Windows 95. There are certainly some words in the...
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naut_ace
Mar 17, 2000 3:43 pm
More strength to you. I believe that the current attitude by IBM to the Base Pay period is implicitely dishonest. Whether due to bad planning or greed, they...
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retired_1998_ca
Mar 18, 2000 9:01 pm
We all have a choice. We can sit back and wait for IBM to give us what is due, or we can take action to make it happen. When I retired 2 years ago, I was told...
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naut_ace
Mar 19, 2000 1:27 am
I know that there are many employees that have been given the platitudes referred to previously, but lately I do not hear them anymore. Now we are beginning to...
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idaho_blue
Mar 19, 2000 9:04 pm
To my knowledge, ISM Alberta was not unionised. (Although it should have been, the way the workers in that province are treated.) However, ISM Manitoba had a...
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busyb_48
Mar 20, 2000 3:11 am
I have been trying to warn people (and not just those in the DB clasification, but all IBMers) that IBM has grown cold and inhumane. As far back as 1991 (maybe...
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busyb_48
Mar 27, 2000 10:45 pm
More large holdings of IBM shares are putting their votes behind the representatives who will demand that IBM treat employees properly at the upcoming ...
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retired_1998_ca
Mar 29, 2000 11:02 pm
Make sure you find out about some recent initiatives to give IBM a good kick in the butt to recognize our contribution to the company and treat us with ...
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busyb_48
Mar 30, 2000 1:47 am
When you get your IBM annual report help send the message to the board that we are not happy campers out here. Vote your proxies for the 3rd item to give a ...
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winnipeg1919
Apr 3, 2000 4:45 pm
Monday, Apr. 3, 2000<br><br>ISM Corporation announces a new organization March 31, 2000 <br><br> <a href=http://w3.can.ibm.com/headlines/033100_ism.htm...
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doug_inglis
Apr 3, 2000 4:45 pm
Monday, Apr. 3, 2000<br><br> ISM Corporation announces a new organization March 31, 2000 <br><br> <a href=http://w3.can.ibm.com/headlines/033100_ism.htm...
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winnipeg1919
Apr 7, 2000 1:52 pm
Here is an interesting story on the corporate intranet: <a href=http://w3.can.ibm.com/headlines/040500_opg.htm...
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nightwolf13268
Apr 18, 2000 3:51 am
Hello founder and members<br><br>Need help getting your club or websites noticed.<br><br>Here's a club I created for you.<br><br>I created an ad posting club....
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ballantrae_ca
May 22, 2000 6:21 pm
There is currently an information and comment gathering process in progress at the Retiree's web site,<br><a href=http://www.members.home.net/rewind2/...
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jmckenzie205
Oct 7, 2000 2:45 am
You may have noticed that if you already have significant "catastrophic" expenses (such as high Rx expenses) and you accept the new HCSA option, you are ...
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etahughes
Oct 25, 2000 8:03 pm
New address for Retiree's web site <br><br><a href=http://www.members.home.net/rewind22 target=new>http://www.members.home.net/rewind22</a>...
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Wrayt
Oct 31, 2000 8:12 pm
I'm having trouble making up my mind as well. During my 33 years I always thought the message was we would be looked after but apparently the message changed...
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ibm_ca_retired
Oct 31, 2000 8:45 pm
I suspect (with no evidence to back it up) that those who retired before 1994 will also be affected by the changes to the old plan ... i.e. capping Dental ...
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Wrayt
Oct 31, 2000 11:19 pm
Well if they are being affected they haven't yet been told. Like I said I have a few friends that retired<br>before 94 and they have heard nothing, which says...
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hroblin
Nov 1, 2000 4:07 am
The IBMers that retired before 1994 have had a totally different retirement plan than the post-94 retirees...different percentages paid...different ...
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dennis_lemon
Nov 3, 2000 2:29 am
IBM has always had dental fees below the current marketplace. It appears that when I retired in March 1992,IBM froze the fee scale for me (and probably...
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Wrayt
Nov 3, 2000 2:50 am
So Dennis are you saying your dental plan is actually based on a year prior to 92? ie. you have had no upgrades? This sure sounds like I should go for the...
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dennis_lemon
Nov 3, 2000 2:58 am
Wray: I can't tell you what year my fee scale is at, all I can say is that my dentist keeps raising his fees and the reimbursement I get remains the same as at...
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Wrayt
Nov 3, 2000 3:06 am
Boy that sucks the big one! It really frost me after hearing for 25 or 30 years that we had a good pension and health care and not to worry. Looks like we are...
