1993
· April 1 - Louis V. Gerstner Jr. becomes IBM Chairman and CEO.
1994
· February 17 - 320 employees laid off at IBM Endicott.
· July 27 - IBM announces Kingston, NY plant closing.
1996
· October 16 - IBM workers hold meeting with IUE in Endicott to discuss organizing.
1999
· May 3 - IBM mails notice of new "cash-balance" plan to employees.
· May10 - IBM stock splits 2 for 1 (15th stock split).
· May 18 - IBM employees establish online pension bulletin board.
· May 21 - IBM employees establish online union bulletin board.
· June 24 - Over 200 IBM employees in Endicott, NY, hold first union meeting with CWA. In July and August 600 meet in Poughkeepsie, NY and 500 in Burlington, VT.
· July 1 - Pension reductions for employees under 40 due to Cash Balance Plan conversion.
· July 1 - Reduction of retirement medical benefit due to conversion to Future Health Account (FHA) for employees with more than 5 years to go before retirement.
· August 30 - Alliance@IBM/CWA opens office in Endicott, NY.
· September 17 - Bowing to protests by employees, IBM partially restores "pension choice."
· November 1 - Cooper vs. IBM class-action ERISA complaints against IBM Personal Pension Plan"
