From the
Columbus Dispatch:
Miners represent just a fraction of 1 percent of the Ohio workforce.
Coal companies employed 2,416 miners in the state in 2015, the
most-recent number available, down 23 percent from 2009.
For some perspective, the state has more than 95,000 workers in auto,
truck and related parts manufacturing. And Ohio's 2,825 florists
outnumber the state's coal miners, according to figures from the Mine
Safety and Health Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But
for the Rosebud miners, it's not just a job. It's a legacy. And they
share the hope that the new administration will fight to save their way
of life.
It's going to take much more than a blowhard idiot President to bring back many mining jobs.
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