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 Reiður Trump segir Schumer að fara til helvítis Erlent Vestmanneyingar „slógu velferðarskjaldborg“ yfir gesti Innlent Stúlkan sem fór í sjóinn er látin Innlent Fagna afmæli virkjunar sem sökkti sveitajörðum en rafvæddi síldarbæ Innlent Landsvirkjun sé ekki „löngu búin að semja“ við alla landeigendur Innlent Grunaður um að myrða heila fjölskyldu en skilja ungabarnið eftir á lífi Erlent Beinaber gísl látinn grafa eigin gröf á Gasa Erlent Eldur í olíugeymslu í Sochi eftir drónaárás Erlent Leiddi fordæmalausa bænastund á Musterishæð Erlent Búast við gasi á höfuðborgarsvæðinu og Akranesi 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 Reiður Trump segir Schumer að fara til helvítis Erlent Vestmanneyingar „slógu velferðarskjaldborg“ yfir gesti Innlent Stúlkan sem fór í sjóinn er látin Innlent Fagna afmæli virkjunar sem sökkti sveitajörðum en rafvæddi síldarbæ Innlent Landsvirkjun sé ekki „löngu búin að semja“ við alla landeigendur Innlent Grunaður um að myrða heila fjölskyldu en skilja ungabarnið eftir á lífi Erlent Beinaber gísl látinn grafa eigin gröf á Gasa Erlent Eldur í olíugeymslu í Sochi eftir drónaárás Erlent Leiddi fordæmalausa bænastund á Musterishæð Erlent Búast við gasi á höfuðborgarsvæðinu og Akranesi Innlent