Workers protest planned Nokia job cuts targeting recently-hired

Record ID: 1561365

  • Title: Workers protest planned Nokia job cuts targeting recently-hired
  • Date: 8th July 2020
  • Summary: BANNER READING (French): "Hired by Nokia on March 2, disgusted by Nokia on June 22"
  • Embargoed: 22nd July 2020 15:50
  • Keywords: Nokia protest
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Company News Markets,Economic Events
  • Reuters ID: LVA004CLY6UYV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Several hundred Nokia workers protested in Paris on Wednesday (July 8) against plans to cut over 1,200 jobs in its French subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent International.
    Nokia has said most of the layoffs would come from research and development (R&D) teams. Unions say this is incomprehensible when Europe is preparing to deploy the next generation mobile network.
    Nokia was bound to job retention commitments when it acquired Alcatel Lucent in 2015. They expired in June.
    Nokia says it will continue to be a major employer in France with a strong foothold in R&D.
    (Production: Emilie Delwarde, Yiming Woo)
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