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Fri Apr 10 18:02:58 UTC 2009

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:02 AM, <deleskie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not to turn this into an ethical typ discussion but this....

Maybe it's an ethical issue,  with an ethical solution.
Random news article from google:

> Workers are seeking to preserve the health care benefit packages, said
> Libby Sayre, area director for District 9 of the union, which covers
> California, Nevada and Hawaii. Union leaders say members' health care
> costs would more than triple under AT&T's current proposal.

> Sayre said AT&T posted a $12.9 billion profit last year and added
> there are few indications the company will be hit hard by the
> recession. She added its chief executive officer, Randall Stephenson,
> earns more than $10 million a year.

The article goes further to explain that there are 90,000 workers
affected.   The arithmetic here is pretty easy.

So the operational plan is to try harder not to screw over your
employees, could be.

 -Randy Fischer