cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36488686
Warehouse automation hasn’t made workers safer — it’s just reshuffled the risk
Submitted 4 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
Submitted 4 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36488686
themurphy@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Automation was never about safety in the first place.
ClownStatue@piefed.social 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
Iwnt that the whole idea?