Industrial change doesn't have to be "creative destruction" and can actually allow and provide worker retraining during inevitable systemic shifts.

X-Post from Uplifting News:

There is no law of economics that says natural changes in demand or technology have to be met with brutal, unanticipated layoffs, that MEANINGFUL retraining can’t be offered, or that unemployment payments should be poverty wages.This article shows one country’s industry doing the first two at least!

As an American it’s always been hard to believe the absolute sloth and lack of investment shown in helping workers retrain. I’m from Oregon, and we still have communities that never recovered from forestry preservation initiatives in the 80s. In laid the groundwork for bitter, powerless, formerly proud souls to be courted by lying politicians. I suppose it shouldn’t be surprising given companies want to minimize investment in worker training here while being surprised they can’t hire qualified employees 🤔. If only there were solutions…