As Coal Mines Close, Displaced Miners Find Work in Renewable Energy Boom::A battery startup in West Virginia and the mineworkers union may have a blueprint for those left behind in the energy transition.
As Coal Mines Close, Displaced Miners Find Work in Renewable Energy Boom::A battery startup in West Virginia and the mineworkers union may have a blueprint for those left behind in the energy transition.
Mine work has been miserable and largely unprofitable for decades. Mine workers routinely get screwed out of their final paychecks when a mine closes. Some of the bigger recent labor actions in coal mining have been in response to companies trying to truck the last round of rocks out of the ground before covering what they owe to the locals.
Glad to see a transition is happening, but I haven’t seen a ton to suggest firms running renewables have been any better to their workforce than the dodgy, scammy, coal bosses. In more than a few cases, its the same folks running the show.