One of the eight youth worker jobs has been cut.
The shock that brought this to the fore is that the "knowledge worker" jobs that Americans were told to prepare for are leaving as well.
Moreover, at a time when our political leaders are grappling with job creation, improving direct-care worker jobs will not only lead to better care, but it will also help strengthen the economy — particularly within low-income communities.
The motion passed by Scottish Labour says defence worker jobs should be retained if the weapon is scrapped and that some of the £100bn system could be used to diversify the UK's defence capability.
In 2015, there were 44,700 social worker jobs in statutory services, divided almost two to one between children's and adult services, compared with 41,400 two years previously.
There's no good reason to think that higher efficiency standards would actually cost any automobile worker jobs; certainly fighting a modest mileage increase phased over 15 years shouldn't be a priority for the union's members.
