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The IBM Union Strike page, states that the strike will take place between 25-30 September 2007. For those of you just tuning in, this is what it is about:

...During the talks to renew IBM’s Italian internal collective agreement, the works council, supported by the majority of IBM Italy employees, asked for a small salary increase. IBM responded by cancelling their "productive results benefit", resulting in a loss of €1000 per year for each employee...

Again, I'm a bit surprised IBM has allowed this to get so visible; perhaps they intend to see it just roll by. It has been reported in the media quite a bit.

As I've said before, this strike is interesting as a means of attempting to affecting some form of social change - that this is tied to money which affects workers does make it more solid, but I am uncertain how it will play out. Will it be enough or too much?

It seems we'll find out soon enough.

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