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gfwzig

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11. as a side note, transient fruit/veg pickers will only be necessary until----
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 05:09 PM
Yesterday

the factory farms are able to invent fruit picking machines that cost less than the cheap foreign labor,,,, as soon as they have a machine to do the job cheaper (no matter what the cost of the machine is) goodbye the need for the cheap ?mexican? labor,,, you are next,,, they are already eliminating staff in retail stores, (cashiers)-(robot floor sweepers)(stock people who used to affix price labels) etc and YOU are assisting them by not insisting upon human attendants....
Ray-gun shifted us from a manufacturing economy to a service economy,,, we no longer make anything here,, your spouse now has to work to keep up with the inflation/bills... and now it's just an AI programmer between you and your job.... hell, you cannot even post anything here without a look over from the spell check bot to decide if you made a typing error

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Where do the workers go? Norrrm Yesterday #1
And then who buys these expensive new EVs? Not the laid-off workers. erronis Yesterday #8
If people had been buying them in enough numbers, there might not have been any layoffs to begin with. MichMan 19 hrs ago #14
50 "cobots" couldn't replace 1000 people MichMan Yesterday #2
1,000 workers that can ACTUALLY afford what is built at that plant shit canned Bengus81 Yesterday #3
This orangecrush Yesterday #5
They just need the government to afford the vehicles. Or at least print the money for it. OC375 Yesterday #6
China is not going to buy US-made EVs. They are making better models at one-third the price. erronis Yesterday #9
Not yet. Things can change. OC375 Yesterday #10
The Hamtramck GM plant makes full size large EV pickups MichMan 18 hrs ago #17
Just a matter of time before they come for your job. OC375 Yesterday #4
I predict GM will have to backtrack on this iemanja Yesterday #7
It depends on how strong the union's contract is. LudwigPastorius 19 hrs ago #16
as a side note, transient fruit/veg pickers will only be necessary until---- gfwzig Yesterday #11
So the consumer will now pay less...? Grins Yesterday #12
GM bromeando 22 hrs ago #13
GM Shuts Factory Zero, Lays Off 1,300 Workers as $7.6B EV Losses Mount and Gas Trucks Run at Full Throttle MichMan 19 hrs ago #15
GM Jughead 9 hrs ago #18
Striking is the best leverage labor's got, snot 7 hrs ago #19
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