When demandforLabour falls, firms want to hang on to them, just as they might mothball an expensive piece of machinery.
当劳动力需求降低时，公司希望像封存昂贵机械那样留住这些员工。
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Chinese Australians also made a valuable contribution to the war effort by meeting the demandforLabour to build landing barges at the American military base in Brisbane.
Earlier this year, factory bosses complained that they could not find enough workers; and faster real-wage growth also suggested that demandforLabour was outpacing supply.