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Bald wird es wohl wieder WP's geben, auch bei einer der vielen Jobmessen ganz in ihrer Naehe.
Und 2014 ist ja nicht mehr so weit entfernt. Da kann dann auch der ein oder andere Buchautor seine Buecher
unter das auswanderwillige Volk bringen. Kabel 1 und Vox koennen neue Auswander Serien drehen und auch die gelangweilte
deutsche Hausfrau hat wieder ein breiteres Publikum um ueber Canada und seine unmenschlichen Bedingungen zu schimpfen.


Major labour shortage predicted for oilpatch by 2014
Consultant warns against “buy talent” phenomenon that caused wages to spiral out of control during last boom
Published On Mon Jun 21 2010



CALGARY — Canada’s oilpatch may once again be a magnet for workers from across the country and around the world, an economist said
Monday after a study predicted a major labour shortfall in the energy sector by 2014.
Human resources consulting firm Mercer surveyed 135 oil, natural gas and utility companies and found the sector will be short some 24,000
workers in four years.
“I’ve been expecting labour shortages to lurk their heads once again in Alberta’s economy as the recovery takes firmer hold,” said Todd
Hirsch, a senior economist at ATB Financial.
As a result, a program to recruit temporary workers from abroad may need to be ratcheted up, he added.
“It seemed to take us a long time when the labour shortages were upon us last time to get the temporary foreign worker process up to
speed. But once it was up to speed, then companies could bring in those foreign workers very quickly,” Hirsch said.
“I think that process will stay in place and I don’t think they’ll have as much of a time lag getting those foreign workers.”
In 2009 and the early part of this year, Alberta saw more people leaving the province than coming in. But that’s likely to change, Hirsch said.
“I do expect as Alberta’s economy gradually picks up steam and as the oilpatch kicks into fuller gear that we will see more inter-provincial
migration,” he said.
“There’s still a lot of under-utilized workers in other parts of the country where the unemployment rates are higher.
Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, was dubious the province will return to a labour market as tight as the 2005 to
2008 boom.
“We’re not going back there, so we can’t be cavalier about keeping jobs in the province,” he said.
The AFL worries about how many high-paying jobs can be sustained in Alberta’s oilpatch, given how much manufacturing is being done
overseas and how much oilsands processing is being done in the United States.
The Mercer report found the workforce is becoming increasingly divided between the baby boom generation, 45 and older, and employees
under the age of 30, so companies will need to tailor their programs to suit the needs of each age group.
Mercer also said companies need to do more to build talent within their ranks, rather than looking outside. It was that “buy talent”
phenomenon that caused wages to spiral out of control during the last boom.

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/...ilpatch-by-2014

*grins* ...that wouldn't be Rick Mercer.. would it?

pardon...
Hab's nur kurz ueberflogen.
WP? Rick Mercer??

Noeee -
Mike Rowe http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/dirty-jobs-dirtiest-jobs/
oder wenigstens
Bob Blumer http://www.gluttonforpunishment.tv/video...ZO0W8tNyBfezaOc

Gruesse
mattes
(bekennender Mike Holmes Fan)

hallo

dazu passt die nachricht aus der heutigen Zeitung in Calgary !

http://www.calgaryherald.com/worked-to-death/index.html

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PART 1: Prosecution

* Day 1 story

FALLEN WORKERS, ELUSIVE JUSTICE: Alberta rarely prosecutes on workplace deaths

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He died toiling in the oilpatch on March 8, 2004, his chest crushed by a heavy steel boom two weeks after turning 21.

Government investigators uncovered four safety violations that contributed to his agonizing death.

Yet, no one was held responsible.

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/FA...l#ixzz0rqgUNX9B

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wenn jetzt wieder einige motzen, dass ich negativ berichte, dann möchte ich doch darauf hinweisen, dies ist ein bericht mit vielen weiteren stories: geschrieben von kanadiern für kanadische workers.

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Alberta rarely prosecutes companies that break safety laws, a cold truth that’s amplified Cadrain’s grief, enveloping the 44-year-old mother in anger.

Six years to the day she began planning her son’s funeral, justice remains elusive.

She’s not alone.

“It is pure hell. It is. And I don’t think it’s a hell that will ever totally go away,” she says, fighting back tears in her home, a day after the anniversary of Dustin’s death.

“It’s like a wave. It comes in waves, and I think it always will. It changes you fundamentally to the core.”

WHEN WORKERS PERISH

Every year in Alberta more people die from work than by murder.

Workers here are more likely to lose their lives for a paycheque than almost anywhere else in the country.

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/FA...l#ixzz0rqhtEGOf

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PS

die kommentare von kanadiern zu dieser story sind "brutal"

lohnt sich zu lesen, wenn man vorhat in der provinz zu arbeiten

nur ein beispiel

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It's more cost effective to kill your workers in Alberta than train them. Obvious cost savings, no chance of conviction. This is simply good buisness. Isn't allowing your workers to be killed needlessly in the name of profit like scraping off the top soil on your farm? Not if you can replace it with unlimited, easily controled foreign soil. No investigation or results required (all fall down tank farm).

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/FA...l#ixzz0rqsuoO7Z

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Zitat von gauchito

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:shock:

Na, das kann ja lustig werden hier in Calgary!
Kosten dann die graubraunen Einheitshaeuser in der neuen Stadtrand-Retortensiedlungen mit 3 Meter Abstand zu den Nachbarn und einem Briefmarken-Grundstueck statt 400 000 $ dann 'ne halbe Million???

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3 Meter ist aber ueppig! Oder meinst du damit den Backyard? In Toronto hab ich schon Haeuser gesehen, wo ein erwachsener Mann allenfalls im Profil dazwischen passt. Ich frag mich, wie sie das Brick-Veneer da angebracht haben, rein platztechnisch eine Meisterleistung!
Hier war ja auch schon die Rede von Dachrinne an Dachrinne, Letztens hab ich einen Neubau gesehen, das sah aus wie Dachrinne ueber Dachrinne, so eng standen die Haeuser.
Ich hab mir schonmal ueberlegt, ob ich eine Website starte, wo man Bilder vom kanadischen Baupfusch und solchen architektonischen Glanzleistungen hochladen kann.
Aber es wird ja keiner gezwungen, sowas zu kaufen...