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Originally posted by Vulcan@Sep 24 2004, 01:00 AM
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You may get workers for half the price but poorly trained workers probably have only one quarter the production.
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I think you would be pretty surprised. The import labour I saw worked their ASS off under constant supervision of a cutthroat Korean ready to send them home at any given moment.
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Then you refer to menial low paying work which since we are discussing trades people for Fort Mac. I took to be your attitude to tradesmen.
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To some extent it is. If, as you say, there is global certifications on trades such as millwrights or HD Mechanics, what would the harm be in bringing in some workers on a temp basis? Pay wouldn't be an issue (pay the same as local workers) as the real issue is the shortage. All I'm getting at is there is an abundance of labour (skilled or unskilled) that can be tapped into if the government was willing to do it.
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Bringing in a few untrained workers to begin an apprentiship is always a good idea, but they have to work under the guidance of a tradesman. Construction work can be very dangerous, especially for the untrained and companies have no wish to see their Workers compensation rates go up.
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This is a definite danger with untrained labour in general, but I would assume the risk with untrained local labour is the same as untrained foreign labour.