也许与这些‘候鸟’有关吧。 ! u" r0 E9 U0 l( d pNewfoundland's oil ripple effect: As prices fall, commuting workers stay home & `: l t: O( ]) CFor years, thousands of Newfoundlanders commuted back and forth to Alberta's oil patch, working three or four weeks at a time and bringing home plump paycheques. Many of them aren't going back this fall. - D0 e J9 m1 INewfoundland有数千人来往于阿省与Newfoundland之间, 目的就是paycheques。1 R$ @) W# X! ]7 K' e$ _
听听这位仁兄是怎样说的 4 u7 { P% ~! ?$ QDarryl Day used to fly from Gander to Alberta and back — 22 days out, 13 days back home. He was recruited at a job fair in Newfoundland six years ago to drive heavy machinery for a hydraulic fracturing company. Those were the "good times." 7 v) L4 u& A" y/ z# |22天在工作,13天回家休息。
本帖最后由 量子风水 于 2015-10-6 17:34 编辑 2 Q3 `/ L6 p$ f% B9 E7 `( x 3 u- F* F I! ?2 X0 h& O3 z0 k) C这位仁兄还算走运,在家门口找到一份工,只是钱大大的少了, 只有在阿省工作时的三分之一。 0 A) C0 z' r; bDarryl and Bev Day are better off than many. He got a new trucking job nearby, earning about one-third of his pay in Alberta. They had put some of their "oil money" away, unlike some younger workers, who went cheque to cheque.