ILO: Millions Set to Lose Jobs in Garments Sector
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ILO: Millions Set to Lose Jobs in Garments Sector
ILO: Millions Set to Lose Jobs in Garments Sector
SINGAPORE (Reuters) ─ More than half of workers in five Southeast Asian countries are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation in the next two decades, an International Labor Organization study found, with those in the garments industry particularly vulnerable.
About 137 million workers or 56 percent of the salaried workforce from Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, fall under the high-risk category, the study showed.
"Countries that compete on low-wage labor need to reposition themselves. Price advantage is no longer enough," said Deborah France-Massin, director for the ILO's bureau for employers' activities. The report said workers have to be trained to work effectively alongside digitalized machines.
Southeast Asia is home to more than 630 million people and is a hub for several manufacturing sectors, including textiles, vehicles and hard disk drives.
Of the nine million people working in the region's textiles, clothing and footwear industry, 64 percent of Indonesian workers are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation, 86 percent in Vietnam, and 88 percent in Cambodia.
Garment manufacturers in Cambodia, who take orders from retailers such as Adidas, Marks and Spencer and Wal-Mart Stores Inc, employ about 600,000 people.
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26997/ ... ts-sector/
SINGAPORE (Reuters) ─ More than half of workers in five Southeast Asian countries are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation in the next two decades, an International Labor Organization study found, with those in the garments industry particularly vulnerable.
About 137 million workers or 56 percent of the salaried workforce from Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, fall under the high-risk category, the study showed.
"Countries that compete on low-wage labor need to reposition themselves. Price advantage is no longer enough," said Deborah France-Massin, director for the ILO's bureau for employers' activities. The report said workers have to be trained to work effectively alongside digitalized machines.
Southeast Asia is home to more than 630 million people and is a hub for several manufacturing sectors, including textiles, vehicles and hard disk drives.
Of the nine million people working in the region's textiles, clothing and footwear industry, 64 percent of Indonesian workers are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation, 86 percent in Vietnam, and 88 percent in Cambodia.
Garment manufacturers in Cambodia, who take orders from retailers such as Adidas, Marks and Spencer and Wal-Mart Stores Inc, employ about 600,000 people.
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26997/ ... ts-sector/
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