Ellen Abbott at WRVO 89.9 - NPR News For Central New York, tells us about a new report on Solar Construction Workers from the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University.  Solar installations have increased by more than 2,000% in the last decade, but it’s only 1/10 of its projected need by 2050.  According to the report, many of these Workers are transient, they don’t receive benefits and are subject to racial disparities in pay.  “We want to make sure we have stronger Labor Standards enforced and that there are mechanisms in place to protect these Workers, whether it be for the sake of increasing benefit access or reducing racial disparities or just improving wages,” said Jillian Morley, a Lead Researcher on the project.  There were upwards of 14,000 Solar Construction Workers on the job in The Empire State in 2023.  That number is expected to grow rapidly as climate goals approach in New York.  The report also found very few Solar Workers belong to Unions.

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