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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Thu May 4, 2017, 11:47 AM May 2017

Trump is president, but coal jobs continue to disappear in Kentucky

Hopes for a quick rebound in coal jobs with an industry friend in the White House didn’t 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 state’s western coalfield.

The report estimated there were 6,261 people employed in the state’s coal industry as of April 1.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article148577099.html#storylink=cpy


Suckers....

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Trump is president, but coal jobs continue to disappear in Kentucky (Original Post) n2doc May 2017 OP
Coal miners-where's your messiah now? DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #1
So much for their Lord and Savior Donald J. Trump. Vinca May 2017 #7
Those jobs are NEVER coming back Foamfollower May 2017 #2
I imagine trumpcareless 2.0 does nothing to Ilsa May 2017 #6
This can't be right... Thomas Hurt May 2017 #3
coalmine JOBS are in Iran! 5/4/2017-At least 23 dead, dozens trapped in Iranian coal mine disaster Sunlei May 2017 #4
How sad we only hear about workers' conditions when they're dying in large numbers Bucky May 2017 #5
 

Foamfollower

(1,097 posts)
2. Those jobs are NEVER coming back
Thu May 4, 2017, 11:54 AM
May 2017

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

(61,695 posts)
6. I imagine trumpcareless 2.0 does nothing to
Thu May 4, 2017, 12:28 PM
May 2017

Help miners with black lung. No special provisions for help paying premiums or providers billing a special program.

The gopee is really heartless.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
4. coalmine JOBS are in Iran! 5/4/2017-At least 23 dead, dozens trapped in Iranian coal mine disaster
Thu May 4, 2017, 12:01 PM
May 2017

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 country’s 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

(54,014 posts)
5. How sad we only hear about workers' conditions when they're dying in large numbers
Thu May 4, 2017, 12:22 PM
May 2017

American news reporting sucks

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