“Good work gets lost because of bad politics”
IG BCE
The job cuts announced by E.ON are a further example of the Energiewende’s impact on employment in the industry, according to coal mining union IG BCE. “The conventional power industry does no longer earn enough money to pay its employees […] That’s absurd,” said union head Michael Vassiliades in a statement. The union estimates the Energiewende has destroyed 20,000 to 25,000 utility jobs in Germany.
Read the statement in German here.
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