Union: city job cuts handled in 'completely unacceptable' way
Kári Sigurðsson, chair of Sameyki (Union of Public Servants), says the way Reykjavík City handled yesterday's latest round of redundancies was completely unacceptable. He says the union is still waiting for explanations from the city concerning previous rounds of cuts. Fifty more people were made redundant yesterday, with 74 posts abolished. A total of 130 posts have now been eliminated in three rounds since the new City Council took office this summer. Kári says there is considerable distress among union members and that the redundancies have been a tremendous blow both to those who have…
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