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Hopes for a quick rebound in coal jobs with an industry friend in the White House didnt pan out in Kentucky in the first three months of the year.
Employment at Kentucky coal mines dropped 3.3 percent statewide from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to a report released Thursday by the state Energy and Environment Cabinet.
In Eastern Kentucky, the number of jobs dropped by 4.6 percent. The decline was 1.4 percent in the states western coalfield.
The report estimated there were 6,261 people employed in the states coal industry as of April 1.
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article148577099.html#storylink=cpy
Suckers....
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)Vinca
(50,334 posts)Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)His promises to the coal miners were essentially the same as if a candidate promised buggy whip makers he'd bring back their jobs after Ford started rolling out Model-Ts.
Machines and automation insure manufacturing jobs and mining jobs will never come back, and the demand for coal decreases annually due to more cost effective carbon based fuels.
The miners got fracked two ways from Sunday. Now they will lose their healthcare after a lifetime of destroying their bodies so people like Trump can eat caviar from endangered sturgeons out of the black sea with gold flake sprinkled on it that is never digested bt is simply shat out the next day.
Ilsa
(61,720 posts)Help miners with black lung. No special provisions for help paying premiums or providers billing a special program.
The gopee is really heartless.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)FF45 as already proclaimed victory on this 5 year plan...
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Do Americans really think Corporations want to pay Americans to mine coal when they can buy as much coal as they want-much cheaper from other countries?
The disaster reportedly occurred during a shift change at around 12:45pm, at the Zemestan-Yurt mine, close to the town of Azadshahr. As many as 500 workers are employed at the site, located in a region heavily dependent on coal mining, which is needed for the countrys industrial production, including steel manufacturing
clothing too.
On January 19, the 17-storey Plasco Building in the capital Tehran was engulfed in flames before collapsing. The disaster killed more than 20 fire fighters and injured up to 194 people.
The historic building was owned by a foundation with close ties to state authorities. Its offices had been transformed into sweatshops for clothing manufacture.
Bucky
(54,094 posts)American news reporting sucks