Alcatel-Lucent workers call Russo and Tchuruk to lose bonuses

More than 6,000 Alcatel-Lucent employees are calling for outgoing CEO Patricia Russo to forego her golden parachute severance payments worth more than US$9.4 million, and for chairman Serge Tchuruk to give up his merger bonus received in 2006.

The executives separately resigned in August following six straight quarterly losses since the takeover of US-based Lucent Technologies by French firm Alcatel in 2006.

Signatures from union members in 17 countries and in multiple languages would be presented to Russo and Tchuruk, the Communications Workers of America union said in September.