Alcatel-Lucent: EWC develops strategy to defend employment in the group and the European telecom industry

Planet Labor, November 2, 2009, No. 090997 – www.planetlabor.com
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representation body on October 20, a comprehensive strategy to defend the sector and respond to the management’s restructuring plans. European mobilization will be organized on November 10. Besides, they want to show that the cost cutting policy can be counterproductive and want to turn to European institutions to defend European telecommunications. (Ref. 090997)

“The management launched a severe cost-cutting program which led to three restructuring plans in less than a year” explained Philippe

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