Some 5000 jobs at Alcoa's Western Australian operations will be safe from a planned 13 per cent cut to Alcoa's global work force as part of sweeping measures to reduce costs as the global economic crisis curbs demand.

Some 5000 jobs at Alcoa's Western Australian operations will be safe from a planned 13 per cent cut to Alcoa's global work force as part of sweeping measures to reduce costs as the global economic crisis curbs demand.