PARIS (AFX) - Alcatel-Lucent CEO Patricia Russo remains 'inflexible' on proposed job cuts and wants to 'proceed quickly', a union representative told Agence France-Presse on the sidelines of a meeting in Paris between Russo and the company's European works council.
'Ms Russo remained inflexible', said Dominique Campagna of the CGT union. 'No question of a withdrawal of the restructuring plan.'
'On the contrary, she wants to proceed quickly,' the union official said, adding that Patricia Russo argued 'the longer the plan is delayed, the more clients will become concerned.'
Earlier this week, Alcatel-Lucent's European works council said it made an urgent application to the Paris district court for access to additional information on the group's restructuring plan, which calls for 12,500 job cuts worldwide, including 4,500 in Europe and nearly 1,500 in France.
Yesterday, the unions held a demonstration in Paris against the job cuts which drew 3,000-5,000 employees from across Europe, according to the CFDT union.
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