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 |