In response to concerns from the announcement of the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent by Nokia, the government has detailed the Wednesday, April 15 “commitments” made by the Finnish group on employment in France. Including the document from the Ministry of Economy provides “the [maintaining] the total number of jobs in France (…) for a period of two years,” which varies with position the government had not indicated until limit in time.
As of Tuesday, the day of the announcement of the acquisition, fears were expressed at Alcatel-Lucent. The first three organizations of the group, the CFDT, CFE-CGC and CGT, had issued a joint statement in which they stated that a redemption of Alcatel-Lucent by Nokia “can obviously we worry seen redundancies worldwide, activities, products and business between the two companies over 50 000 employees each. “
While commending ” a future operation “, the French Government had indicated that it would be ” extremely vigilant in preserving Employment all French production sites. “. The economy minister Emmanuel Macron ensuring that “there will be no job losses in France.” “The number of jobs will be the same and even more. We had all the commitments on the part of Nokia “, he added.
A line repeated by Francois Hollande Wednesday. The president said he was in favor of “redemption” Alcatel-Lucent by Nokia but two “conditions”: that employment is ” guaranteed in France “ and the research is ” augmented “.
In an interview with World , Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, said that the proposed merger would even “ strengthen employment in France,” indicating that 500 jobs would be created in research and development (R & amp; D) in addition to the 2 000 that already exist in the territory
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This is the first commitment Nokia, the statement of the Ministry of Economy, which states that R & amp workforce; D will be increased by “25% (ie 500 additional positions)” and maintained “at this level for at least four years after the completion of the transaction, including the hiring of 300 young graduates. “
But out research, giving appears to be the same. The second Nokia’s commitment is the guarantee of maintaining “all” jobs “for a period of two years following the completion of the operation” .
In the rest of the document, Nokia is committed to including “strengthen the sites of Lannion and Villarceaux in making France a major center of excellence for the group 5G, the Small cells, the . Cybersecurity, IP network management platforms and microwave “ A promise also mentioned by Michel Combes
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