Cant speak for the specifics but thats not what is happening.
What is happening is that the only jobs that are left are either STEM jobs or low paid jobs (Walmart etc)
The middle class is slowly destroyed because it's either been automated away, outsourced or at least can be done with a fraction of the people it used to involve.
Skilled manual labor (mechanics, electricans) are today still in high demand. At least where I live. It's unskilled labor that is disappearing in highly developed countries. I guess to a certain extent you can group skilled mmechanics with STEM....
Unskilled is still in high demand here. Just checked my local craigslist, there were 145 jobs posted this morning looking for landscape general labor, no experience needed, all paying $14-22/hr.
But you should look at this as a trend not the status quo. So for instance 3D printers that prints houses and thus reduces the need for construction people
What is happening is that the only jobs that are left are either STEM jobs or low paid jobs (Walmart etc)
The middle class is slowly destroyed because it's either been automated away, outsourced or at least can be done with a fraction of the people it used to involve.