• arin@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Unions protect against automation that reduces labor hours.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      8 months ago

      Yeah I think that’s the point. Ship breaking is apparently poorly paid so they need unions.

      I also not sure how much scope there is for automation on tasks like this as each shit will be different there isn’t going to be a huge amount of repeatable action

    • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Honestly more unions should fight for company stock for employees or similar stake programs. As we hopefully get more automated having workers interests aligned against it seems like a losing fight.