50,000 Las Vegas Workers Are Ready to Go on Strike Over Fears of Robots Taking Their Jobs

[FSogol]

More than 50,000 union workers in Las Vegas are set to go on strike if new contracts are not settled by June 1, and at the top of the list of concerns for the Culinary and Bartenders Unions is protection against robot replacements.

The hospitality employees—who work at 34 casinos throughout Las Vegas, including properties operated by MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corporation—have voted to partake in a citywide strike starting Friday in order to secure their jobs and prevent automation from creeping into the workforce and stealing work.

Per the Culinary Workers Union, the strike—which is the first since 1984—will include bartenders, guest room attendants, cocktail servers, food servers, porters, bellman, cooks, and kitchen workers. The organization projects that two aforementioned resort operators could lose more than $10 million per day combined if they don’t come to the table and meet the demands of workers. A month-long strike could cost an upwards of $315 million, NBC reported.

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One of the main hang-ups in the process appears to be the increased concern about automation and what it may mean for workers going forward.

Whole article here:
https://gizmodo.com/50-000-las-vegas-workers-are-ready-to-go-on-strike-over-1826474028

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Can you pay off a machine to help you skim profits without leaving a data trail?

[DetlefK]

2. Where are the people who posted on DU that automatization will create jobs?

It's simple:

Robots are not tools.
That's why robots don't lead to more jobs.
Robots are unpaid slaves taking jobs that used to go to paid workers.

[FSogol]

3. Out looking for work.

[fescuerescue]

4. Probably discussing wyippooo

FWIW.

Technology does create jobs, but it creates fewer jobs than are lost leading to a net loss.

Understanding this however, doesn't change the reality. Even if the entire world population were in agreement, technology would still advance.