也许与这些‘候鸟’有关吧。" z' g1 V' D5 N3 e* J0 }$ j
Newfoundland's oil ripple effect: As prices fall, commuting workers stay home4 M' u, n' | Q2 \) {: M
For 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.4 q2 W% V; W/ C( H0 }2 d! L. X
Newfoundland有数千人来往于阿省与Newfoundland之间, 目的就是paycheques。6 C! I) l! ^* h" r
听听这位仁兄是怎样说的) \4 O3 ]. j6 W/ {3 x
Darryl 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." 2 \: C) d& ]4 C& c22天在工作,13天回家休息。
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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。 & {3 @5 B3 m/ Z7 uDarryl 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.