400 Icelanders Out of Work 6. júní 2006 18:58 Varnarliðssvæðið, varnarliðið, Keflavíkurflugvöllur kanar, bandaríkin ísland ameríka hermaður hermenn slökkvilið, slökkviliðsmenn, slökkvistöð á keflavíkurvelli fáni fánar 400 soon-to-be former employees of the NATO base in Keflavík, who will not have jobs when the base downsizes in September, have still not found new jobs. Of the 600 Icelanders currently working there, about 200 will continue on in relevant positions as a part of the Icelandic Aviation Authority, and about 70 have found work elsewhere. Already, union officials say they've been flooded with requests from employees seeking to speak with employment councillors about new jobs. "Up until now it's gone tolerably well finding new jobs for people," said Kristján Gunnarsson, chairman of the Union and Seamen's Society of Keflavík. "but there are still many who haven't come in yet." While Gunnarsson is optimistic about employment prospects in the area, he admits that the situation could be better. "The whole area is decreasing in development," he said, "So I can believe that many of these individuals are going to have a hard time starting a new job with a lower salary." -pfn News News in English Mest lesið Hvetja ráðuneytið til að kynna sér málið og leiðrétta rangfærslur Innlent Rúmlega 300 ökumenn sviptir eða sektaðir í dag á Kringlumýrarbraut Innlent Sautján ára drengur drukknaði á Hróarskeldu Erlent Umræður um veiðigjaldafrumvarpið slá nýtt met Innlent Reykjanesbraut verður öll orðin tvöföld fyrir veturinn Innlent Játar að hafa myrt fjórmenningana í Idaho Erlent Fjölskyldan franska sendi ættingjum erfðaskrá frá Íslandi Innlent Bubbi gerir sögulegan samning um eigin líkindi til allrar framtíðar Innlent Táningsstúlkan sem lést var að teyma íslenskan hest Erlent Telur að allt fari í skrúfuna verði ekki brugðist við Innlent
400 soon-to-be former employees of the NATO base in Keflavík, who will not have jobs when the base downsizes in September, have still not found new jobs. Of the 600 Icelanders currently working there, about 200 will continue on in relevant positions as a part of the Icelandic Aviation Authority, and about 70 have found work elsewhere. Already, union officials say they've been flooded with requests from employees seeking to speak with employment councillors about new jobs. "Up until now it's gone tolerably well finding new jobs for people," said Kristján Gunnarsson, chairman of the Union and Seamen's Society of Keflavík. "but there are still many who haven't come in yet." While Gunnarsson is optimistic about employment prospects in the area, he admits that the situation could be better. "The whole area is decreasing in development," he said, "So I can believe that many of these individuals are going to have a hard time starting a new job with a lower salary." -pfn
News News in English Mest lesið Hvetja ráðuneytið til að kynna sér málið og leiðrétta rangfærslur Innlent Rúmlega 300 ökumenn sviptir eða sektaðir í dag á Kringlumýrarbraut Innlent Sautján ára drengur drukknaði á Hróarskeldu Erlent Umræður um veiðigjaldafrumvarpið slá nýtt met Innlent Reykjanesbraut verður öll orðin tvöföld fyrir veturinn Innlent Játar að hafa myrt fjórmenningana í Idaho Erlent Fjölskyldan franska sendi ættingjum erfðaskrá frá Íslandi Innlent Bubbi gerir sögulegan samning um eigin líkindi til allrar framtíðar Innlent Táningsstúlkan sem lést var að teyma íslenskan hest Erlent Telur að allt fari í skrúfuna verði ekki brugðist við Innlent