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In reply to the discussion: Why do coal miners want to continue working such a horrible, dirty job? [View all]SMC22307
(8,090 posts)127. Yep. Was he pro-Thatcher or just anti-Scargill? (n/t)
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Why do coal miners want to continue working such a horrible, dirty job? [View all]
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
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But there's no guarantee that those people eased out of their jobs will have another job.
Lars39
Aug 2016
#37
I'm sure not but that's up to the miner to accept the risk and nobody else.
yeoman6987
Aug 2016
#123
Our young kinds once did the same thing w/ Detroit & the midwest for factory jobs.
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#93
I'm sure it's a great fear, but there are alternatives to supporting Trump
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#4
"Google’s plans to build a data center on the site of a recently closed coal plant in Alabama..."
EL34x4
Aug 2016
#144
They probably do realize coal mining is on way out, but they hold on. And it's a GOPer state.
Hoyt
Aug 2016
#7
Oh, I was just going where many other posters took you before I could get back to this.
Brickbat
Aug 2016
#164
I think people underestimate how little flat land there is for 'new industry'.
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#84
Some people work hard, some people work smart. People aren't all the same; there are differing
underahedgerow
Aug 2016
#12
Well, I think we can safely say it's not the influencers and tech moguls who support trump
underahedgerow
Aug 2016
#20
Trump doesn't have a job. He's a con man, and that's not a job. No one would hire him or
underahedgerow
Aug 2016
#33
This is why I really hate the BS neo-liberal "education and retraining" talking points.
Odin2005
Aug 2016
#102
Can't make cannons without bronze or iron, and after you've cut down all your trees...
hunter
Aug 2016
#70
Hate to say it but Nuclear Energy is the only way to clean up steel production
FreakinDJ
Aug 2016
#113
I think a thread like this is good now and then. Not everyone knows everything or has the
underahedgerow
Aug 2016
#71
its a job...can't fault any one for wanting to work even though its not a great job
beachbum bob
Aug 2016
#18
Gee, thanks for the insight. The question is-- is money the only reason they want to keep doing
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#22
That's kind of like asking why poor people in inner cities don't leave.
TexasMommaWithAHat
Aug 2016
#38
I've nothing against the men who do these jobs! It's about an industry that is dying and should die
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#163
<-- Great granddad was a UMWA organizer at War Eagle, Maetwan, and Yeager. :) n/t
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#98
The demand for coal has dropped by a third in the USA - the only option would be to export coal
womanofthehills
Aug 2016
#179
It's out of date in the US, unless you want to pollute the world to export it
womanofthehills
Aug 2016
#180
The Democratic Party is rapidly becoming the party of educated white collar people on the coasts.
Odin2005
Aug 2016
#105
You have to be kidding - what about the flooding going on now in Louisianna
womanofthehills
Aug 2016
#181
I'm from Coal Country, and I picketed for the UMWA before I could walk. Have a seat.
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#77
Mountain top removal is a nasty process, too. Both literally, ethically, and environmentally.
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#92
Because there are no guarantees anyone will support them and their families while they look for work
Agnosticsherbet
Aug 2016
#109
Because they need to make a living and that's the only job skills they have
davidn3600
Aug 2016
#155
I have nothing against the common man -- but the coal industry has to end
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#162
If you have a HS education and can earn 100,000 a year in an area where the average wage is 15k
hollowdweller
Aug 2016
#176