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Green Locomotives Can Be a Big Driver for Jobs in the Region Webinar

By April 25, 2023No Comments

Tuesday, April 25th at 1 PM

ReImagine Appalachia and Keystone Research Center hosted a webinar highlighting the exciting findings of a new study conducted by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) alongside the United Electrical Workers (UE). This study has calculated the employment impacts of ‘green locomotive’ manufacturing at the Erie County, PA plant both in Erie County and the wider Pennsylvania economy. You can read our press release here.

  
Speakers included: 
Gregor Semieniuk, Assistant Research Professor, Political Economy Research Institute: PERI
Stephen Herzenberg, Keystone Research Center Executive Director / ReImagine Appalachia Co-Director
Carl Rosen, General President, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE)
Scott Slawson, UE Local 506 President



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