Robert Eugene "Bob" Barker, 81, of Broughton, IL passed away on Thursday, June 29, 2023 at his home. He was born December 3, 1941 in Dale, IL the son of Arlie
Audrey Henderson2021-01-13T11:16:25-05:00December 11, 2020|
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n Evansville, Indiana, the NAACP and IBEW are training
Black people for work in the clean energy industry, aiming for an equitable transition away from fossil fuels
By Audrey Henderson
Sidney Mobley was struggling. Mobley, a welder in Evansville, Indiana, had not done much welding in the past two years, because the company that represented his main source of work moved its operations to Italy. Faced with dwindling income and a nonworking vehicle, he moved in with his sister, picking up occasional welding work and other odd jobs wherever he could. “The type of welding I did [was] pressure welding,” he said. “I was making gas fired air conditioners. I’ve been working at different places. I worked at a place that welds tire metal rims for, like, Tora and Honda lawnmowers and stuff. It really wasn’t nothing complicated compared to making gas fired air conditioners.”