Employees uneasy at restructuring

The privatised telephone company France Télécom has stopped all plans for restructuring until the end of October in the wake of numerous employee suicides within just a few months. The business daily Il Sole 24 Ore writes: "The suicide drama has hit a business that from a financial point of view has remained very solid and competitive ... even in these times of crisis. Despite its good health the colossus is nevertheless also trying to cut employee numbers (which have sunk from 140,000 in 2002 to the current 100,000). It is now having recourse to outsourced materials and young workers with temporary contracts, and is transferring call centers to countries like Morocco, where French-speaking employees are easy to find (at low prices). ... All union representatives are calling for an immediate stop to internal restructuring, which is almost always the cause of unease among employees."

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