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https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/10/07/the-tragic-death-of-britains-industrial-working-class/
Those affected by industrial decline know all too well that their jobs will not be miraculously replaced by green alternatives. They know their local economies. They understand perfectly well what happens when families have their incomes halved and their children and grandchildren face a future of low pay, no pay, insecurity and hopelessness. They know that politicians’ vague words of ‘future industries’ and plentiful jobs are lies.
Instead, these areas will become ripe for exploitative logistics companies to move in. On top of the old Shirebrook Colliery in Derbyshire now sits a huge Sports Direct warehouse complex. These mega-warehouses flank either side of the M1 in the old industrial heartlands, with their lorries charging up and down the roads. The jobs on offer by Sports Direct – a company infamous for its poor employment practices – are neither highly skilled nor well paid. They are not remotely environmentally friendly, either. Even this low level of work will likely disappear soon as technology replaces the warehouse worker.
Those affected by industrial decline know all too well that their jobs will not be miraculously replaced by green alternatives. They know their local economies. They understand perfectly well what happens when families have their incomes halved and their children and grandchildren face a future of low pay, no pay, insecurity and hopelessness. They know that politicians’ vague words of ‘future industries’ and plentiful jobs are lies.
Instead, these areas will become ripe for exploitative logistics companies to move in. On top of the old Shirebrook Colliery in Derbyshire now sits a huge Sports Direct warehouse complex. These mega-warehouses flank either side of the M1 in the old industrial heartlands, with their lorries charging up and down the roads. The jobs on offer by Sports Direct – a company infamous for its poor employment practices – are neither highly skilled nor well paid. They are not remotely environmentally friendly, either. Even this low level of work will likely disappear soon as technology replaces the warehouse worker.