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News Digest Item
16 Mar 2017

ā€œGood work gets lost because of bad politicsā€

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. ā€œThe conventional power industry does no longer earn enough money to pay its employees […] That’s absurd,ā€ 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 .

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