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137 million workers from five Southeast Asian countries are in
danger of being replaced by automated systems in the next 20 years. The
International Labour Organisation says that laborers working in the
manufacturing industry, the garment industry most of all, are at the
highest risk.
A study conducted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that in the next 20 years, more than half of the workers in five Southeast Asian countries are highly likely to lose their jobs to automation—most specifically in the garment industry. South China Morning PostThe countries on the danger list are Cambodia, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, where 137 million workers are at
high risk of being laid off in favor of technology. This number
constitutes 56% of these countries’ salaried labor force, with workers
in textiles, clothing, and footwear sectors being at the highest risk of
being replaced by automated machines. Sadly, as automation starts to become dominant, certain skills become obsolete, even when their costs were supposedly low enough.
“Countries that compete on low-wage labour need to reposition
themselves—price advantage is no longer enough,” said Deborah
France-Massin, director for the ILO’s bureau for employers’ activities. “Robots are becoming better at assembly, cheaper and increasingly able to collaborate with people,” the ILO said.
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