When the whole structure or type of industry changes this can lead to unemployment. In Scotland as...
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• When the whole structure or type of industry changes this can lead to unemployment. In Scotland as traditional industries have declined, insufficient new jobs have been created. • What were the traditional industries? 1. Mining 2. Heavy industry such as ship building 3. Iron and steel production
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• When the whole structure or type of industry changes this can lead to unemployment. In Scotland as traditional industries have declined, insufficient new jobs have been created.
• What were the traditional industries?
1. Mining2. Heavy industry such as
ship building3. Iron and steel
production
• At one time in Scotland there were hundred of coal mines,
each employing hundreds of workers.
• The last deep coal mine at Longannet in Fife, closed in March 2002.
• What happened to the coal mining industry?
• Many small mines became uneconomical and the industry closed these and concentrated on a few larger mines.
• It then became cheaper to buy coal from abroad as the coal reserves became harder to extract.
• Longannet was originally 1 of 3 mines established in the 1960’s to provide fuel for the Longannet power station.
• Coal reserves beneath Fife became exhausted and there was a need to dig deeper and expand further.
• In March 2002 there was severe flooding at the mine and this led to its closure.
• At that time the mine employed 360 miners and 150 contractors.
• Those workers who lost their jobs in traditional industry have difficulty in finding alternative work.
• This is because their particular skills are no longer relevant in modern industry so they may require re-training.
• Many workers have been in the same industry for many years and are older. This can make it harder to re-train etc.
• Some jobs only exist at certain times of the year.
• Tourism
• Farm working e.g. strawberry picking
• Shop work at Christmas time
• Every economy goes through good and bad periods.
• During a decline or recession, people have less money to spend and therefore manufacturers sell less goods.
• Consequently workers are made redundant. redundant.
• In the early 1990’s, the UK went through a period of recession and the unemployment figures rose to 3 million unemployed.
• The current unemployment rate is 2.5million (February 2010).
• At the moment the country is going through another downturn in the economy therefore unemployment has risen.
