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Re:Amazon Go by Apocryphon on Monday December 05, 2016 @01:42PM (#13108001)
Losing 10 jobs to automation would be far less concerning if the businesses and individuals that cut the jobs would reinvest a greater percentage of their newfound profits into social programs to retrain the 10 people who are now without jobs. Or into a fund for the much-vaunted basic income, even.
Re:Amazon Go by darpa_escapee on Monday December 05, 2016 @07:58PM (#13111371)
Reminder that unions have negotiated and continue to negotiate compensation plans from employers that automate away or move jobs overseas to workers that are replaced.
Re:Amazon Go by Apocryphon on Monday December 05, 2016 @08:35PM (#13111565)
Unions... in the U.S.???