At the end of July, Alcatel-Lucent confirmed its intention to shed about 850 jobs in France in 2009 and 2010. This figure has dropped to 814 job cuts, including 689 at Alcatel-Lucent France, 72 at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and 53 at its branch specialized in antennas.

This decision was presented by the group as being part of a global restructuring plan to save 750 million euros of costs by the end of the year.

This is the third restructuring plan in the last eight months and the fourth one since Alcatel and Lucent merged in 2006.

Workers expressed their anger on Thursday (Sept. 17). Workers indeed blocked their sites in Lannion and Orvault. The Eu facility, in the French region of Normandy, was on strike. Finally, stoppage occurred at Vlizy and Villarceau, reported Le Monde.

Alcatel-Lucent currently employs 10.000 people in France.