cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36488686
Warehouse automation hasn’t made workers safer — it’s just reshuffled the risk
Submitted 2 months ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
Submitted 2 months ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36488686
themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Automation was never about safety in the first place.
ClownStatue@piefed.social 2 months ago
Exactly. Humans are wasteful and expensive. One day, capitalists will realize if they don’t hire any humans, nobody but the capitalists will have money to buy anything.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Automation tech was also never about actually reducing humans either. Going all the way back to the broad loom, it always results in the same number of workers or greater - just that productivity (profits) increase and labour becomes de-skilled and more precarious.
iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Iwnt that the whole idea?