Automation is on course to destroy almost five times as many working class jobs as the collapse of coal and steel in the 1980s, alarming new analysis predicts.
The forecast, published by a group of Labour MPs and activists called Red Shift, paints a bleak picture of the future jobs market – and finds that Tory constituencies face the biggest threats.
Studying OECD and House of Commons library figures, the research found that, while new jobs will be created, those on the lowest wages will be hit hardest by automation’s sweeping changes.The study says: Between 2.1 million and 2.9 million working […]
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