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Canadian energy firms cut back on workers' perks
Published Sun, Oct 18, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Calgary
CANADIAN energy companies have cut thousands of jobs and scrapped projects in a drive to cut costs. Now they're raiding workers' perks.
Holiday parties, childcare benefits and Fridays off are being targeted as the rout in crude prices grinds into its 16th month, workers and company representatives say.
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