Venezuela Government Agency Looking For Unemployed Oil Workers
CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- The Venezuelan Labor Ministry's jobs agency has begun looking for unemployed oil engineers and technicians, the government's Venpres news agency reported Wednesday.
The vacancies, advertised at the ministry's unemployment offices across the country, are for Petroleum Engineers, Refinery Technicians and Supervisors, Gas Technicians and Supervisors and Computer Engineers, according to the report.
The government is desperately trying to break a 17-day-old strike that has paralyzed the country's vital oil industry, along with many other critical sectors.
But analysts have said it won't be easy to restart operations with new crews....
-By Jehan Senaratna, Dow Jones Newswires; 58212 564 1339; jehan.senaratna at dowjones.co
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