12-01-2022, 06:50 AM
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#7953
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Originally Posted by SutterBrother
Automation is going to make most of this moot in 10 years. The smart corporate move would be to give the union much of what they want right now and pivot as fast as possible to autonomous trains as a clear cost saving measure w/o concern to 24/7 “on call” or medical needs.
It sucks for those in that industry. Just like it did for movie projectionists in the late 90’s and elevator operators in the 1920’s.
But at the end of the day, robots don’t unionize.
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…yet.
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