Major job losses in oil and gas industry.

• Position: UN Reported - Brief Article

Buffeted by changing corporate structures and privatization, the workforce in the world's oil and gas industries has shrunk dramatically in the past 25 years, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). In the United States alone, employment in these industries slumped from a peak of 1.65 million workers in 1982 to roughly 640,000 by 2000, while in Canada...