But what about the jobs?
Hi-Tech / Hi-Rec
Local vs. Non-local
Types of ancillary jobs
Truck driving
Loading/unloading
Qualifications – Training/Education
Conditions
Shifts and Sleep
Automation
A 2017 study from MIT showed how disruptive the rise of automation and technology has been and will continue to be to the US workforce.
The study, which looked at the impact of just industrial robots on jobs from 1993 to 2007 found that every new robot replaced around 5.6 workers. And that every additional robot per 1,000 workers reduced wages by 0.5%.
The study also found that the industrial robot workforce in the US will quadruple by 2025. That translates to a loss of up to 3.4 million jobs by 2025, alongside depressed wage growth of up to 2.6%.
https://economics.mit.edu/files/12763
But it’s no longer just factory workers being replaced. A widely-cited study from the University of Oxford found that 47% of US jobs could be automated over the next 20 years.
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf
Subsidies
Grants
However, Washington state was able to undercut B.C.’s offer, he said, providing HiTest with less-than-cost electricity, free land and infrastructure.
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“We’ve got the programs in place, but when you have a jurisdiction like the state of Washington that seems to buy jobs and have taxpayers and rate payers subsidize private business — that’s their public policy — it’s not ours.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/golden-mining-opportunity-lost-1.3734518
