‘Former employees of Nokia demonstrate in China to massaontslag by Microsoft

Employees of the telefoontak of Microsoft, which the company recently took over Nokia, would Friday work en masse have filed in China. That happened after last month it became known that there thousands of jobs to disappear.

The protest took place at a research center and at a factory near Beijing, where a total of 2,400 people would be working. Protesters held for hours signs up and cried out that the acquisition by Microsoft ‘hostile’. That reports Reuters on the basis of one source, and messages on social media.

According to Reuters, wanted protesters with Microsoft talking about more favourable conditions, but the press loves because of the incompleteness of the sources, is a blow to the arm. Microsoft did not immediately comment, says Reuters.

The alleged protest was on Friday after Microsoft last month massaontslag announced. Of the 18,000 jobs within a year should disappear, there are 12.500 staff that came after the acquisition of Nokia, which Microsoft in april graduated. The greatest hits take place in the factories of Nokia. There, many people will lose their jobs, as was already previously clear.

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