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International Labour Organization: 20 years automation will half of unemployed workers in Southeast Asia
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Article Source:Tencent of science and technology Update Time:2016-11-15

align="left"> On July 8th news, according to Reuters, the International Labour Organization released the latest research report, declared that 20 years of automation will led to Kampuchea, Indonesia and Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries in the 5 half of the workers in danger of unemployment, the garment industry is the most vulnerable.

 

 

Studies have shown that about 137 million (or 56%) workers in the 5 countries in Southeast Asia will fall into the high risk of automation. The director general of the International Labour Organization employer Deborah Frans activity (Deborah France-Massin) - Ma Xin said: "the need for low wage workers in these countries reposition themselves, only the price advantage is not enough." The report says workers must be trained to learn to work with digital machines.

 

Southeast Asia's population of more than 630 million, is the hub of many manufacturing sectors, including textiles, cars and hard drives and other industries. Southeast Asia's textile, clothing and footwear industry employs about 9 million workers, 64% of workers in Indonesia are facing high risk of losing their jobs because of automation, the unemployment rate of workers in Vietnam and Kampuchea, respectively, 86% and 88%. Kampuchea's clothing factory has received orders from retailers such as Adidas, WAL-MART, Marks and Spencer, and employs about 600 thousand workers.

 

Since the signing of the new free trade agreements with the mainstream market, including the US led trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, Vietnam forward footwear and textile industry invested heavily, it is clothing exports to the United States second largest supplier, after China.

 

The international labor organization said automation technologies, including 3D printing technology, wearable technology, nanotechnology and robotics automation technology, they are in the subversion of the industry. The organization in the report said: "the robot is more and more good at assembly work, their cost is also more and more cheap, more and more competent and human cooperation."

 

In 5 of the international labor organization in the industry, textiles, clothing and footwear industries are the most serious threat to the automation, the other 4 industries are automobile and auto parts, electrical and electronic, business process outsourcing and retail.

 

In the auto and auto parts industry, Indonesia and Thailand workers face the threat of automation and the loss of jobs were 60% and 70%, respectively. Southeast Asia car manufacturing plant is the world's seventh largest car production in 2015, employs more than 800 thousand workers. Thailand, also known as the "Detroit of Southeast Asia", is the world's top automotive manufacturers regional production and export center. Automotive industry accounts for 10% of Thailand's GDP, which employs 1/10 workers in the manufacturing sector.

 

 

 

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