Comments on: Amazon factory conditions? Shut up or robots get your job, says Times writer https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/amazon-factory-conditions-shut-up-or-robots-get-your-job-says-times-writer/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Thu, 20 Aug 2015 07:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: RobShorrock https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/amazon-factory-conditions-shut-up-or-robots-get-your-job-says-times-writer/#comment-720366 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 07:09:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=106419#comment-720366 You can’t have mass immigration from the EU by the fact that the UK is part of the EU and there is a right of European citizens to work anywhere in the EU.

]]> By: JarrowPete https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/amazon-factory-conditions-shut-up-or-robots-get-your-job-says-times-writer/#comment-720343 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:51:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=106419#comment-720343 In reply to Jon Jones..

Jon, I think a Vic 20 is more appropriate 😉

]]> By: Jon Jones. https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/amazon-factory-conditions-shut-up-or-robots-get-your-job-says-times-writer/#comment-720341 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:42:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=106419#comment-720341 Artificial Intelligence has come a long way. Perhaps we could replace Ross Clark with a computer? A Commodore 64 should be up to the task.

]]> By: GhostofJimMorisson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/amazon-factory-conditions-shut-up-or-robots-get-your-job-says-times-writer/#comment-720337 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:43:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=106419#comment-720337 Unions have done nothing to stop the rise of zero-hour contracts; they have made virtually no protest about mass immigration, particularly from the EU, which big businesses like Amazon simply love as it provides an inexhaustible supply of cheap labour. What could they possibly do to stop Amazon replacing staff with robots ?

]]> By: blarg1987 https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/amazon-factory-conditions-shut-up-or-robots-get-your-job-says-times-writer/#comment-720333 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:59:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=106419#comment-720333 I wonder will he volunteer a robot to take this role, after all do we need CEO’s or just have a programmed computer with all the information plugged in that will compute what results people are after.

]]> By: Foullaini https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/amazon-factory-conditions-shut-up-or-robots-get-your-job-says-times-writer/#comment-720331 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:32:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=106419#comment-720331 Do robots respect picket lines?

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