Minimum Wage and Mining
Series: Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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In Letcher County, KY coal mining is the best job there is for many people. It?s a part of our history, good and bad. The industry affects so much more than just the job market, it shapes who we are. With all the risks, to both people and communities, associated with coal mining you might wonder why anyone would go into the mines. We talked with our friends and family members to find out why they became miners and how mining has changed their lives.
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In Letcher County, KY coal mining is the best job there is for many people. It?s a part of our history, good and bad. The industry affects so much more than just the job market, it shapes who we are. With all the risks, to both people and communities, associated with coal mining you might wonder why anyone would go into the mines. We talked with our friends and family members to find out why they became miners and how mining has changed their lives.
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Michael Johnson
Posted on January 31, 2006 at 08:30 PM | Permalink
Review of Minimum Wage and Mining
In this short 3 minute feature, we're introduced to 3 youths, one narrarator and two young men, all of whom explain the basic choices they have to make to survive in the relative poverty of eastern Kentucky, coal mining country.
Machlyn Blair's presentation is reminicent of a Richard Avedon photograph, unadorned portraits that speak volumes in their perfect simplicity.
This piece could be run as part of a series on work, youth and poverty, or a discussion of minmum wage.