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Old 12-14-2012, 04:23 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by Free Ben Hur! View Post
Upstream O&G has much less unionization, if any, in Alberta. One of the reasons for this is likely the difficulty of organizing wokers on such a large number of very small sites. Logistics are very difficult.
It'll be interesting to see if oilsands/thermal plants unionize. They're large, long life plants that don't move with large numbers of skilled blue collar workers. Theoretically should be able to unionize them. I doubt it'll happen though, because the market keeps delivering higher wages and better benefits and working conditions for those people year in and year out.
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