The procedure concerning the job protection plan unveiled by Nokia in June 2020 coming to an end. This Thursday, November 26, was held the last meeting between management and unions, at the end of which the latter were to vote on the proposed agreement.
From 1,233 to 980 fewer jobs
The CGT marked its difference, since it is the only one of the four organizations present (with the CFE-CGC, the CFDT and the CFTC) not to have signed. She justified her decision in a statement. “This plan cuts 980 jobs. While the employment situation in 2019 was better, 40% of our colleagues who left with the previous plan still have no lasting solution (stable employment or retirement). However, the most important is to find an activity. These 40% show that the accompanying measures were not enough. “
According to the CGT, “In this last PSE, the cuts are at a level never reached before. To top it off, the Covid-19 crisis worsens the employment situation and psycho-social risks. The starting conditions will never replace a long-lasting and stable job, creator of wealth for the company, for the employees and the local communities. Nokia’s France management has taken no action to defend employment in France and refused to consider measures to reduce working hours, proposed by the CGT, as well as all the other counter-proposals. ” […]
“Lannion in a critical situation”
The union believes that “The exceptional scale of this plan jeopardizes the future of the Alui subsidiary (Alcatel-Lucent international, the one concerned by this PSE). Despite the cancellations of job cuts, Lannion is in a critical situation. In Nozay, testing activities are booming, and even the situation of spared services remains fragile. The future activities presented are only ambitions, and no budget has been announced to date.
In this perspective, “The threat of a future PES is in the logic of Nokia, especially as the management refused to commit to 2021. Like the previous ones, this plan is therefore in no way a plan to safeguard the employment, but a plan to cut jobs in France. […]
The CGT also indicates that it “Will help colleagues who would like to take legal action against these economically unjustified dismissals”.
Nokia had bought Alcatel-Lucent in 2016. The Finnish firm had commitments to keep to the state regarding employment in particular. It was released from these commitments in early June 2020, a few weeks before announcing this plan, the fourth since the takeover.
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