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:: Monday, February 09, 2009 ::
Green Jobs Aren't Necessarily Good Jobs - By James Pethokoukis, U.S. News & World Report
These jobs are, for the most part, not the kind of gigs many middle class folks would have much interest in doing: bike repair, hazardous material cleanup, landscaping, tree cutting, attic insulation, large-scale green waste composting. Then again, these jobs really aren't geared toward the middle class to begin with. A 2007 report by the city of Berkeley—of course!—described the potential pool of applicants for green collar jobs this way:
Youth and adults who do not have a high school degree, have been out of the labor market for a long time, were formerly incarcerated, have limited education and/or labor market skills.
So basically we're are talking about matching low-skill folks with low-wage jobs.------------------------------------------- posted 6:50 AM :: reference link ::
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