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Figure 7 Average Benchmark Hourly Wages for Select Job Titles in Mining, by Commodity Produced $40 Fossil Fuels Diamond/Industrial Mineral Metal $35 $30 $25 $20 Surface Labourer Underground Labourer Mill Equipment Operator Underground Equipment Operator Truck Driver Underground Driller Surface Driller Heavy Equipment Operator-Surface Dragline/Shovel Operator Mechanic Electrician Source: Mining Industry Human Resources Council; CostMine: Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages & Benefits, 2009 Survey Results. Figure 8 Weekly Hours Worked in Mining, Canada and Regions, 1988–2008 55.0 50.0 1988 1998 2008 45.0 40.0 35.0 30.0 Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies British Columbia Territories Source: Mining Industry Human Resources Council; Statistics Canada, Special Aggregations from Productivity Measures, Income and Expenditure Accounts Division, February 2009. 18 Mining Industry Workforce Information Network
Unionization Unionization rates among labour force participants are a factor in wage and pension coverage and partly responsible for wage gaps in the labour force. 12 Changes in unionization rates have contributed to closing the wage gap for women (unionization rates between men and women have converged over the past few decades) and a widening of the gap for young men (unionization rates for younger workers have diverged from older workers over the decades). Unionization rates across Canada declined between 1984 and 2004, falling from 38 per cent to 31 per cent. Since that period, unionization rates in the labour force have remained steady at 31 per cent. 13 Decreasing rates of unionization have affected some groups in the labour force more than others. For example, the decline was twice as large among men younger than 45 years of age (with a drop of 15 per cent). Figure 9 shows that, in mining and related resource sectors, unionization rates have dropped over the past 25 years from 48 per cent in 1984 to 24 per cent in 2009, 14 with the largest declines occurring prior to 1998. These reductions may be partly due to the emergence of alternative opportunities for employee participation in decision making (e.g., joint labour-management initiatives) or changes in employment composition in the sector. 15 Figure 9 Unionization Rates: Forestry, Fishing, Mining, and Oil and Gas, 1997 to 2008 34% 32% 30% 28% 26% 24% 22% 20% 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: Mining Industry Human Resources Council; Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. 12 Statistics Canada, Perspectives on Labour and Income, 2005, Volume 6, Number 4. 13 Statistics Canada, 2009 Labour Force Historical Review. 14 ibid. 15 Statistics Canada, Perspectives on Labour and Income, 2005, Volume 6, Number 4. 2010 Employment and Hiring Forecasts 19
Page 1 and 2: Canadian Mining Industry Employment
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents Executive Summary
Page 5 and 6: List of Tables and Figures Table 1
Page 7 and 8: Executive Summary The Canadian mini
Page 9 and 10: Table 1 Total Hiring Requirements F
Page 11: Occupational Forecasts of Employmen
Page 14 and 15: Background A main strategic objecti
Page 16 and 17: The NOC-S system 4 was developed by
Page 18 and 19: Table 4 Canada’s Top 10 Minerals
Page 20 and 21: Figure 3 Labour Productivity and Em
Page 22 and 23: under-represented groups. As noted
Page 26 and 27: Results from MiHR’s 2010 National
Page 28 and 29: Figure 11 Proportion of Mining Work
Page 30 and 31: In 2010, Women in Mining (WIM) Cana
Page 32 and 33: Immigrants to Canada — particular
Page 34 and 35: • an online portal where stakehol
Page 36 and 37: Table 7 presents the cumulative cha
Page 38 and 39: Table 9 Cumulative Hiring Requireme
Page 40 and 41: The top occupations in terms of hir
Page 42 and 43: if metal and mineral prices decline
Page 44 and 45: As shown in Figure 17, changes in e
Page 46 and 47: Figure 18 Total Hiring Requirements
Page 48 and 49: Table 17 Cumulative Hiring Requirem
Page 50 and 51: Table 20 shows the occupations with
Page 53 and 54: 4 Discussion In the near future, th
Page 55 and 56: Appendix A This appendix outlines t
Page 57 and 58: Appendix B This Appendix lists the
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