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I come from a mining area, the Ruhrgebiet. The last mine in Essen closed in '86, one of 260.
Germany decided early on to phase out mining over a long period of time (3+ decades), starting with a stop of new hire to gradually reduce workforce. Half of the seats on coal...
I come from a mining area, the Ruhrgebiet. The last mine in Essen closed in '86, one of 260.
Germany decided early on to phase out mining over a long period of time (3+ decades), starting with a stop of new hire to gradually reduce workforce. Half of the seats on coal...
2/ companies' (supervisory) boards were staffed w/ workers to give them a say. Every mine had a Sozialplan, a plan to re-employ, re-train fmr miners. During the transition, workers were hired by rescue companies, that continued to pay salaries while organising change & training.
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Industry, science & research facilities and a sizeable health & care sector were sponsored into the area to provide alternative employment. The length of the transition allowed other businesses previously dependent on the coal mining industry to reinvent & restructure.
Industry, science & research facilities and a sizeable health & care sector were sponsored into the area to provide alternative employment. The length of the transition allowed other businesses previously dependent on the coal mining industry to reinvent & restructure.
4/ Key points:
- It was a political decision to phase out a whole industry & not leave it to market forces.
- It took over three decades.
- It was, of course, expensive.
- And in spite of the support, the plans, the efforts it was a time of enormous & often traumatic change.
- It was a political decision to phase out a whole industry & not leave it to market forces.
- It took over three decades.
- It was, of course, expensive.
- And in spite of the support, the plans, the efforts it was a time of enormous & often traumatic change.
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An paper by a (left-leaning) foundation I came across has a special paragraph on Thatcher's closure strategy, describing it as the exact opposite of what happened here, justifying cost to the German budget by pointing out the cruelty & abruptness of the changes she inflicted.
An paper by a (left-leaning) foundation I came across has a special paragraph on Thatcher's closure strategy, describing it as the exact opposite of what happened here, justifying cost to the German budget by pointing out the cruelty & abruptness of the changes she inflicted.
6/ I grew up in this area during that time.Saw miners fight for their mines & jobs. No matter how well it was cushioned, it was a huge & traumatic change. No one here would dream of belittling it.
Boris Johnson just added insult to injury. I find that unbelievably disrespectful.
Boris Johnson just added insult to injury. I find that unbelievably disrespectful.
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