The United States did when they shut down the coal mines on our East Coast region.
Some miners from New Hampshire came to work in our South Yorkshire mines, including Yorkshire Main Colliery which I went ti school in the shadow of. Then a bad person closed our pits, and yes, it was very hard for a while, not a job to be had and soup kitchens opening, but now, there's close to almost zero unemployment in some of the coalfield regions including the one I'm in now.
It does take state subsidies to work properly; putting over 55s straight on the state pension since most of them had no chance of getting work and giving generous tax breaks for companies to set up in the area, plus landscaping of the colliery sites and improved transport links to make the zones remain attractive to companies after the tax breaks stop, however it worked and it worked well. Companies generally like employees with stamina and a strong work ethic and anyone who's worked hewing coal for 10 hours a day deep underground certainly has that.
The issue of Turow isn't going to go away soon. Poland have been aware for a long time, and the colliery has been on borrowed time for 2 decades now. The Czech government's actions in suing were justified, and of course the court decided in their favour. Poland can always appeal, however the court case didn't just appear overnight, and all arguments from both sides have presumably been heard.
The best Poland can hope for from the case, is a very temporary reprieve during trhe current energy crisis, After that, the other parties will play hardball.
