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Re: IBM Is Importing Low Wage Employes To Avoid Paying American A Decent Wage!

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From: Steve Manes
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 00:00
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 05:03:04 GMT, ElocutusOfBorg@hotmail.com
(Elocutus, First Borg Son) wrote:
>3400 worldwide, 600 in New York City.  Incidentally, Merrill Lynch is
>*hiring* programmers this week, even as it cuts staff elsewhere.

Let's see, first it was "anecdotal evidence" that the downtown
financials had implemented hiring freezes.  Then it was the
sensational mainstream press misreporting lay-offs in the financial
industry.  Then you disputed the lay-off numbers reported on both
CNN-FN and the Walk Street Journal (5% worldwide, 3400 in NYC).  Now
in the midst of lay-offs started just a week ago, they're hiring
again, eh?


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From: smanes@NOSPAM.HEREmagpie.com (Steve Manes)
Subject: Re: IBM Is Importing Low Wage Employes To Avoid Paying American A Decent Wage!
Date: 1998/10/17
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