EmblemHealth CEO Karen Ignagni told employees Tuesday that “several hundred” IT and operations workers will be laid off as a result of a decision to hire services firm Cognizant.

The announcement came just as IT employees at the New York-based insurer began an effort to convince the firm not to move the work to an outsourcer.

Ignagni explained her decision in a video to employees that was posted on YouTube by attorney Sara Blackwell. The Florida attorney, who is representing displaced Disney IT workers, has been helping the EmblemHealth IT employees organize.

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