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The employees of SQ Technologies, an IBM Korea subsidiary, need your help.



SQT employees have faced numerous difficulties since the company’s acquisition by IBM in 2003. The SQT Union believes these difficulties stem from IBM’s excessive pursuit of capital gains through an unrealistic royalty system, capital reduction and excessive distribution of cash dividends to shareholders, which have plunged SQT into crisis and put employees’ jobs at risk. The union has also taken issue with disrespect for the union and employees by corporate officers appointed by IBM Korea. 



The SQT union has repeatedly tried to contact the CEO and other representatives of IBM Korea in the hopes of starting a dialogue over the critical issues facing employees and the company. These pleas have been repeatedly ignored. 



Contact the company here and have your say about this unfair treatment http://www.uniglobalunion.org/uniindep.nsf/protestIBMKorea?OpenForm



Recently, the union has made a renewed request to the CEOs of IBM and IBM Korea to begin dialogue immediately. We are demanding that IBM immediately begin negotiations with the SQT employees and their union to reach a fair resolution to these issues. 



We ask that you send a message to IBM CEO Virginia Rometty and IBM CEO Hui-seong Lee asking them to immediately begin a dialogue with the SQT Union. 



http://www.uniglobalunion.org/uniindep.nsf/protestIBMKorea?OpenForm