• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    Automation will only be used to make the job tougher and more grueling.

    A job that used to take three people now has to be done by one, but at a much faster pace and now there’s a deadly robot that you have to work with.

    You work in supply chain. Let me guess. Desk job?

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      3 hours ago

      Automated ports do not work that way, where employees interact directly with a robot. Instead employees stay at a desk and minimal employees are on the ground. Like I had mentioned, automated ports are safer.

      https://youtu.be/P5kO_BnXAwc

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        9 minutes ago

        I know that automated Amazon sorting facilities kill workers, the conveyance systems especially are extremely dangerous. People get sucked in to belts, bashed over the head by moving machinery and product, etc.

        In the real world there are always workers forced to risk their lives with these machines.

        Automation isn’t inherently bad, but it is bad when it’s implemented as a way to increase worker exploitation. That’s how it always works in real life, rather than promotional videos.

        Not everyone gets to be at a desk.