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The ship yard American NASSCO could fire half of the 3,600 dependent within year-end
In the next weeks they will be cut about job 350 places
March 31, 2011
In the next weeks the navalmeccanica society American NASSCO of the General Dynamics group will cut about 350 places of job in own ship yard of San Diego, in which 3,600 people are occupied. The company has motivated such decision because of the decision of stall of the federal budget, that it prevents to the LAST Navy to commission new work and activity, and of the lack of a resumption in the market of commercial the shipbuilding.
NASSCO has announced to have already sent letters to the dependent informing them that they could be fired between the end of May and the beginning of june. "It minds me for the loss of every member of our personal characterized one - the president of General Dynamics NASSCO, Fred Harris has said - we comprise the difficulties that the lay-offs cause in the personal lives and our community. This is absolutely an impact negative on our force job. However a combination of events is limiting our possibilities of activity and it is forcing to reduce our current total dependent number".
Harris has anticipated that ulterior delays in the adoption by the Conference of measures apt to stimulate the field will determine ulterior a remarkable cancellation of places of work that will be able to emerge to 1.500 units within the end of this year.
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In the next weeks the navalmeccanica society American NASSCO of the General Dynamics group will cut about 350 places of job in own ship yard of San Diego, in which 3,600 people are occupied. The company has motivated such decision because of the decision of stall of the federal budget, that it prevents to the LAST Navy to commission new work and activity, and of the lack of a resumption in the market of commercial the shipbuilding.
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