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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think the solution for ship breakers is for the job to be a highly paid respectable job with protections. In other words the technology that desperately needs to disrupt this industry is probably... unions

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Unions protect against automation that reduces labor hours.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Your autocorrect is amazing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.