Lets not forget that automation has made much unskilled industrial labor obsolete. China has seen the single largest loss in industrial employment of any nation since adopting capitalism.
Unskilled industrial employment is what you do when your only alternative is picking fruit or working as a prostitute. Why do you thing the unskilled jobs in SE Asia are dominated by women?
Why do you think the standard of living for many middle class people is declining in America? We've gone from country that was prosperous, to one where finding a secure job, filling the gas tank, affording health care, paying the mortgage, and using air conditioning are beginning to appear as luxuries for many folks.
All this while the government prints money as fast as it can, packages it, puts it on pallets, and sends it over seas.
While here at home, many attempt to compete with low wage Red Chinese peasant labor, and millions of illegal aliens on our own soil.