A total of 2,597 persons lost their job last year and started to register for work, pushing unemployment to 7,680.

Education and Employment Minister Dolores Cristina gave the following list of the dismissals when she answered a parliamentary question this morning:

Occupation Description

Total

[1] Legislators, Senior Officials and Managers

132

[2] Professionals

100

[3] Technicians and associate professionals

128

[4] Clerks

184

[5] Service workers and shop and market sales workers

464

[6] Skilled agricultural and fishery workers

19

[7] Craft and related trade workers

466

[8] Plant and machinery operators and assemblers

394

[9] Elementary occupation

710

Grand Total

2597

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