Would you like this organization to win $50k? Give it a thumbs up! And check out the other videos in the running: ► “The apprenticeship that pays for your college degree,” featuring District 1199C Training Fund: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nG2NyZWgiMrRnqw.html ► “36 million Americans have college credits but no degree. Let’s fix that," featuring Complete 2 Compete: kzread.info/dash/bejne/moeBudyqqaWaY5c.html

Pretty much every industry needs this. It’s normal for new tech to come in and disrupt current industries. The issue is that people who worked in the disrupted industry end up without a paycheck despite having 20+ years of experience. So we need programs that help find what transferable skills they have and then getting them ready to go put those skills to use in a new industry!

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. And it's such an odd juxtaposition where many new industries can't hire people fast enough, and at the same time you have great workers struggling to find a decent job as the old industry declines--and often there's a geographical mismatch between where they are located. Hopefully by working together it can be a win-win-win for all involved, between employers, workers, and the communities they live in.

This outstanding video shows the importance of re-skilling workers for jobs of the future. eKAMI's leader, Kathy Walker, has executed a plan, now celebrating its 5th anniversary, that has allowed former coal miners and their children to learn and earn in ways that allow them to experience the American Dream.

@amd77j

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!

We need to see more of this style training across the U.S. What a great story of how successful training can change a community .

You have to always adapt to the environment, including social environment. Good job Kentucky for doing this, West Virginia should have done it years ago.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! To be fair, there are some great programs in West Virginia too: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fWGcrdqYkdHgisY.html . The key is scale - so that programs are something that are training and employing thousands of people and can really change the picture for a full economy. That takes time though - hopefully momentum continues to build.

Fabulous. Retraining is a critical component of reviving troubled communities.

What do you think of retraining coal miners for advanced manufacturing?

@AnthonyAllenJr

2 жыл бұрын

I think this is a great step in the right direction. It would be even better if it was subsidized and enhanced by a government program that got these people the skills they needed and then gave them work on infrastructure updates in their areas. I remember Andrew Yang saying that coal miners are not lining up for re-education, that it was too much to ask of an older population. I still think he's right by the overall numbers, but if these people had UBI on top of this kind of retraining program, I think a lot of lives could be changed for the better.

@ReginaldCarey

2 жыл бұрын

If an advanced manufacturer decides to retrain people from this industry, go for it! Other than that, I see no reason for any reason special treatment. Did elevator operators across our country get special treatment when their industry was eclipsed by technology? My point here is that companies and whole industries fail especially when the leadership makes bad strategic decisions. Companies with vastly more employees die and the people adjust and move on. If a state has decided to put all of its revenue source into a single industry that dies, we must remember that the population voted for (or to allow) that weak economic position repeatedly for decades.

@AnthonyAllenJr

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReginaldCarey I think the only hole in your logic is (at least in my understanding), the state/fed government's job is to care for the people, by way of managing economic stability. If the market dissapears quickly for a large sector of jobs, it impacts the economy greatly, therefore the government should be doing things to balance the transition to a new market.

@ReginaldCarey

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnthonyAllenJr thanks for only pointing out ONLY one hole in my argument! I agree with you. But are we looking at an acute disruption or just a systemic failure to respond to the reality of a changing world. We are talking about 43,000 (2020 numbers) people spread across a nation of 300,000,000. Many in that population work in the business of coal mining vs the actual labor of coal mining. Those skills transfer. If the states that employ the majority of these workers decide to invest in retraining them, then it’s a huge benefit that these folks should not ignore. Few other workers get that kind of benefit in this country. Federal funds? No. Should we invest in retraining folks in oil and gas? That’s 100,000’s of people. There is no answer that makes everyone happy. But technological advancement always rolls over those not agile enough to get out of the way or climb onboard, but there are often better safer more lucrative jobs on the other side. I think this article is asking the questions: how much effort do we put into addressing the short term disruption caused by technological advancement. How do we adapt to a rate of change that is itself constantly increasing? Is retraining the solution? The teachers themselves are being eclipsed. Is retraining even economically feasible? I work in the computer industry and we are saddled with the same problem but it’s exponentially more extreme. Whole industries (millions of workers) have sprung up, evolved and died repeatedly since the 1980s. We survive via constant self education, and that is not enough. During that same period the coal industry has actively resisted and opposed change via legislation instead of innovating.

@AnthonyAllenJr

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReginaldCarey well said, and I'm a programmer, so definitely seeing similar things at different scales in our industry. But that's why I was a big supporter of Andrew Yang and his UBI proposal. That's the kind of government response that I believe will become necessary as we keep rapidly changing the economic landscape. These career jobs are not lasting for decades like they used to.

This is fantastic! Go EKCEP!

There are is a vast need for miners around the country to get lithium, cobalt, manganese, sulfur, sodium, aluminum, copper, and more.

@FoamyDave

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. If the goal is to get these folks into jobs quickly and with as little transition as possible, wouldn't be possible to fund some of them so they can move to North Carolina or parts of the West where mines are opening to supply the material of the electric revolution? I don't imagine 100% or these miners will train and transfer successfully. I'm not doubting them, I'm doubting the opportunities. Now with the President invoking the Defense Production Act, the funding and permitting of mines for critical materials should pick up speed. Thus, experienced miners will be needed.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting point. Will be really interesting to see if these people and regions are able to transition to mining materials needed for a zero-carbon future--and what an amazing story to tell.

You guys became my favourite channel within a week of discovering you! Kudos ! 🤗 been binge watching all your videos

There is rare minerals that need to be found for solar and other industry like electronics in the mining trucks.... get on it boys.

When i saw the thumbnail I thought "this is another "if you don't have a job just learn to code" video" but I'm glad i was proven wrong. The programme is amazing and i hope it can be replicated around the world, specially in places where the main industries are oil and/or coal mining.

@KRYMauL

2 жыл бұрын

Learning to code won't get you a job, only getting certifications for coding will do that.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear! Nothing wrong with coding but there's so much need for workers in skilled trades it's odd how often coding is fixated on, particularly when workers in declining heavy industries may have more transferrable skills (and interests) to rising ones.

@KRYMauL

2 жыл бұрын

@@freethink Hopefully more people are going to fill these trades jobs and the middle management job is going to become less important.

@Monkechnology

2 жыл бұрын

@@freethink Exactly! I hate when some journalists and economists smugly say "just learn to code/learn to install solar panels" to people who lost their jobs in manufacturing or resource extraction industries and act like software, finance and renewables are the only industries availables. Industries like chemical, hydrogen or food manufacturing need a lot of people and can benefit from skilled people coming from, let's say, coal or oil&gas. Thank you for showing us initiatives like this one, Freethink

Another wonderful freethink video 😍. My face always lit up when i receive notification from freethink.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Aww, so glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and letting us know 😊

Well done EKCEP and eKAMI!

This is so interesting, I love this for Kentucky

This is fantastic 👏

This is going to sound callous. The polluting fossil fuel industry and in particular the workers could not have missed all of the information about their industry reported since the 1970s that it would no longer be used as a fuel source in the very near future. The 43,000 people in this industry have an outsized contribution to global warming/climate change. When other industries fail, do we have this response? No. They represent the employment of a single mid sized company in the US but the damage resulting from their product is devastating to billions of people around the planet. Businesses fail all the time. We don’t freak out about retraining those employees. Why does the coal industry get special treatment?

Agriculture

good we don't need coal mining with global warming our house is burning 🥵 🔥🔥🔥🚒🚒🚒🚒

Training for jobs that don't exist or don't exist in the region is not only stupid...it is sadistic in proving false hope.

Click bait

Hillary predicted this back when she was running for POTUS.

@highlander723

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad her criminal record came back to haunt her....

@nathannurse2280

2 жыл бұрын

10 years we could’ve told these folk that coal wasn’t the wagon to hitch to, but they just had to own the Libs so bad…