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| FOUR SEASONS JOB FAIR MONDAY, NO MEXICANS
YET |
| By John Denny |
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(Charlestown, Nevis) – Contrary to
popular rumor, no foreign workers on
the Four Seasons project have arrived on Nevis, as of
press time, according
to chief Labor Officer Averil Williams. “Right
now, there are 10 project
managers looking over the site. There are no Mexicans
here,” Ms. Williams
said yesterday.
DCK World Wide is the general contractor doing the refurbishment
of the
resort that was damaged last October by Hurricane Omar.
Williams and
some of the team from DCK have been in meetings discussing
some of the
issues facing the labor department with the eventual
influx of a foreign labor
force, namely health related.
Another rumor floating about the island was that the
Mexican laborers
coming in, had been on a project in Anguilla, but Williams
said she believes
they are coming from Mexico, which among many, leaves
concerns about
H1N1 flu virus.
A walk down Pinney’s Beach reveals there is very
little construction activity
going on at the resort, but Williams said there are
about 15 locals working
on the site with the project managers.
Ads are posted by DCK in this week’s Observer looking
to fill a variety of
management positions such as Operations Manger, Project
Manger,
Engineers, cost accounting and secretary to name a few.
Those wishing to apply for skilled labor positions can
attend the Job Fair
next Monday, June 16, at the Methodist Church in Charlestown
from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Hopes have been expressed by the Labor Department
to the
project mangers that at least half of the workers hired
for rebuilding the
resort would come from the local labor pool. |
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