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Ports Shut Down from Maine to Texas as 45,000 Dockworkers Launch Strike over Pay & Automation (www.democracynow.org)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20998907

October 01, 2024

Guest - Peter Goodman
NewYorkTimes global economics correspondent

[a surprisingly pro-worker viewpoint from a writer from the NYT -PL]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Automations great...

If there's a plan in place to support the displaced workers. Right now, they'll just be fired and the owners will keep making more money. Until there's a support system in place for them, I'm with the workers 100% on not automating everything

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

If automation really is the boon to society that we think it is, then buying out the displaced workers is a no-brainer. If, on the other hand, it's really just a boon for the bourgeoisie, then fuck their automation. Automation will be liberatory or it will be bullshit.