Pathways to an Equitable and Just Energy Transition Principles, Best Practices, and Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement: Proceedings of a Workshop (2023) / Chapter Skim
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2 Jobs and Workforce Development Opportunities
2 Jobs and Workforce Development Opportunities
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Only then do I think that we'll be able to have a just and equitable transition. -- Sarah Truit, National Renewable Energy Laboratory1 The workshop's second simultaneous session focused on jobs and workforce development opportunities.
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With a federal minimum wage stuck at $7.25 per hour and generally weak worker protections, Cha argued that the United States has a poor track record of creating good jobs. Jobs in fossil fuel industries, such as coal mining, are considered good jobs in their communities -- not because they are inherently good, but because of the history of worker struggle and unionization in these industries.
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In the implementation and evaluation phase, policies should be enforced, monitored, and adjusted to continue to enable communities to negotiate training, hiring, and other benefits. Janis said that this framework enabled her organization to enter robust community-benefiting partnerships with three responsible, equitable electric bus companies, which included targeted hiring, U.S.-based manufacturing, and unionization commitments.
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However, the national statistics fail to capture the heavy burdens being felt in communities that have been highly dependent on fossil fuel industries, where job losses are both personal and local. For those who are losing jobs, the ability to transition to new industries involves a wide variety of factors, from geographic location to wages to corporate culture.
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Truitt named fragmentation of the clean energy industry as the biggest challenge and suggested that more effective cross-industry collaboration could help to identify transferable skills and facilitate career flexibility. Janis stated that the biggest challenge lies in countering the long-standing assumption that market solutions are the answer, a notion that in her view has led the government to fund ideas with little accountability.
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, agreed that job loss was a serious challenge, noting that 20 percent of UWUA workers have lost their jobs since 2010 and have received no government support. He asked if it was possible to expand the political narrative from local jobs and communities to encompass wider labor, health care, education, and student loan reforms to truly improve people's lives.
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