Why Green Power Jobs Are Important For Ohio

[Youngstownshrimp]

V&M is the Marcellus shale!!!!!!!!

[Towntalk]

Dennis see post on wind turbine company with local connections elsewhere.

http://mahoningvalley.info/forum/index.php?topic=7660.msg23617;topicseen#msg23617

[irishbobcat]

Rick, I can't help it if you live in a closet and only venture out to your rusty scrap yard of sheet and tube parts....

[Rick Rowlands]

Second in the nation.  Just how big is the market for wind turbines?  Can't be all that big as I have only seen about 12 wind turbines in my life.

[Dan Moadus]

Just wondering, if an iron worker who puts up cell phone towers is hired to put up a windmill, is he a "green" worker? How about if a window cleaner is hired to clean the glass on a solar array, does he now become a "green" worker?

[irishbobcat]

Ohio is ranked 2nd in the nation in its capacity to manufacture parts for wind turbines.....that's a start!

[Dan Moadus]

Dennis, just out of curiosity, what are some of these "green jobs"?

[irishbobcat]

Why Green Power Jobs Are Important For Ohio
   



The green-collar jobs movement just got another major boost: a groundbreaking new report underscores how the growing green economy can provide high quality jobs for those who need them most. The author, Professor Raquel Rivera Pinderhughes of San Francisco State University, is a leading national expert on green-collar jobs.

This report deepens our understanding of how to harness green business growth to build pathways out of poverty. Prof. Pinderhughes' research provides us with critical guidance as we develop the Oakland Green Jobs Corps, the nation's first attempt to carry out the model that Professor Pinderhughes describes in her report.

Professor Pinderhughes is a key partner in our Green-Collar Jobs Campaign. She is on the steering committee of the Oakland Apollo Alliance, and is a senior advisor to the Ella Baker Center and Green For All.

Some highlights:

Green businesses need workers, offer training, and pay well.  Of the Berkeley green businesses surveyed by Professor Pinderhughes:

86 percent hire workers without previous direct experience or training for green-collar jobs.
94 percent provide on-the-job training for workers in entry level positions.
90 percent pay the full cost of insuring their workers.
73 percent of businesses stated that there was a shortage of qualified green-collar workers for their sector, with the greatest needs in energy, green building, mechanics and bike repair.
The average hourly wage for green-collar work in Berkeley is $15.80 plus benefits. This is $4.00 higher an hour than Berkeley's current minimum "living wage," which is the highest in the nation.
Workers with barriers to employment want green-collar jobs.  Analysis of men and women in Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco with barriers to employment revealed that:

89 percent wanted to learn more about green-collar jobs.
61 percent expressed interest in being contacted in the future so they could receive training to work in a green-collar job.
Prof. Pinderhughes summarizes the report:

Poverty, unemployment and racial inequality are significant problems in the United States, and there is an urgent need for a new source of living wage jobs for low income residents with barriers to employment. Where can these jobs come from? This research project shows that an important part of the answer is the deliberate cultivation of "green-collar" jobs.