In the previous postings from Doug et al about the MLR progection of job opportunities, what they stressed was the 'shit' jobs that were projected to be created. To me, however, what is even more frightening is the list of jobs they (it) expects to be destroyed. This list must be doubly frightening for women -- the list of jobs to be destroyed are almost all the "better jobs" that women have. I note "Occupations with the largest job decline" Farmers -21% Typists and word processors -33% Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks - 8 Bank tellers - 27% Sewing machine operators - 26% Cleaners and servants, private household -22% Computer operators -38% Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators --67% Duplicating, mail, and other office machine operators -25% Textile draw-out and winding machine operators and tenders -25% If I am not totally confused, that means that 8 of the 10 job destruction categories are predominately "women's" jobs, many of them "better" jobs. This is totally frightening for what it means, if true, to the social structure of our emerging society. Do others read the same message from these projections? Paul Phillips, University of Manitoba
