News from the Alliance@IBM CWA Local 1701
The Union for the Information Age

Contact: Lee Conrad, National Coordinator,
Alliance@IBM CWA Local 1701
Phone 607-7294571
email: ibmunionalliance@gmail.com ::: www.allianceibm.org



IBM owes the citizens of Iowa the facts!

IBM went to Dubuque, Iowa in 2009 with fanfare and their hand out.
With the promise of 1300 jobs for the Iowa economy, IBM demanded and secured $52 million
in taxpayer money and other incentives to build a new global service center.

So how many employees has IBM hired in Dubuque?

According to media sources, the key players in giving IBM the money do not know.
State, local and economic development officials all repeat the IBM line that hiring is “on track”.
So how many employees does “on track” mean?
How is it possible that those responsible for handing out the money
do not know the number of employees hired?
Where is the accountability to Iowa taxpayers?
Why isn’t IBM disclosing the employee number?

While there certainly are positive aspects of IBM establishing a facility in Dubuque,
it must be remembered that IBM is notorious for not being transparent and open on hiring and job cut numbers.
IBM’s stonewalling of information must end.

The Alliance@IBM is calling on IBM to disclose the following:
• How many IBM employees have been hired at the Dubuque facility?
• How many non-IBM contractors have been hired?
• Have any foreign workers been hired to work at the Dubuque facility?
• If so, how many have been hired?
• How many IBM employees in the Dubuque facility transferred from other IBM locations?
• Do any of the employees “reporting” to Dubuque live outside the State?
• Is any of the work targeted to be offshored?

IBM must immediately disclose the true number of employees in the Dubuque facility.
The citizens of Iowa deserve transparency and accountability for their money.