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April 21, 2008
Job security in East Iceland
Helga Jónsdóttir, Mayor of Fjardabyggd, the community where Alcoa Fjardaál is located, said in an interview with State Radio Channels 1 and 2 yesterday, that the job market development in Reydarfjordur for the past year is unique in Iceland. She said that job security is a fundamental issue when it comes to quality of life, and that “the party has started” in East Iceland.
The Mayor’s comments that the party is just about to start are made in reply to those who hold that now, when the construction of the Fjardaál smelter and the Kárahnjúkar dam is finished, the “party is finished.”
Helga said: “I think that for the past few years we’ve been preparing the feast. We’ve laid the table and now it’s time for the reaping, we’re sitting down at the table. It is obvious that what’s been happening in Fjardabyggd is unique. The economy here has been fortified with such strong foundations, I think there is no precedent for a boost of this kind. And we’re talking about an industry with a sense of security. We’re talking about jobs for, if only directly for Alcoa Fjardaál, four hundred and fifty people.”
“And while we’re on the subject of the quality of life,” said Helga, “which will never be as clear as when people say that the party is over, then the quality of life depends heavily on having a secure and solid job, that is, to be able to provide for your family without worrying about tomorrow, and this is the banquet table that I think we’re being seated at right now.”
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