Dirty energy companies’ refusal to transition away from fossil fuels is not only spurring a climate crisis but also victimizing workers, who often are the worse off in companies’ “right-sizing” decisions.
General Electric’s end-of-2017 decision to cut 12,000 jobs in its fuel-heavy power department—just two years after the company decided to double its coal turbine fleet—sparks a demand that we stop “letting worker’s lives be collateral damages of misguided corporate decisions” and instead implement a plan to support those employees on the front lines of the energy sector.
