AFL-CIO calls for ban on such labels to protect consumers and workers from surveillance pricing and job cuts
The universal adoption of electronic shelf labels in grocery stores across the US could cost tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in lost wages while further driving up grocery costs, according to a report released on Tuesday.
An analysis by the AFL-CIO Tech Institute of the label manufacturers’ own marketing materials found the universal adoption of electronic shelf labels, which are marketed to retailers as a cost-cutting measure, could cost workers between $1.6bn to $6.9bn in lost wages annually and affect between 44,223 and 191,633 jobs.
The policy brief – Priced Out, Pushed Out: Electronic Shelf Labels Raise Prices and Shrink Paychecks – calls for a ban on electronic labels to protect consumers and workers.
Ain’t that the truth.
We are in this trap now where we can make life easier lest we eliminate a job.
Isn’t that the damn point?
God damn capitalists act as if the whole point of life is work, breed, die.
Meanwhile, we’re all building on the knowledge of hundreds of generations trying to make “work” as easy and efficient as possible.
What’s weird is that me and Musk probably have a common ancestor who like invented the wheel or some shit. It’s more likely than not, really. That dude didn’t care about billions of dollars. He just wanted to get his cart back to his hut so he could commence the breeding.
Likely not entirely accurate, since I doubt carts were invented before wheels, but you never know. We had tin cans for 50 years before we had can openers, so our ancestors did some crazy shit.
Sleds were surely invented before wheels.
Well I guess you’re probably right. We invented the cart first and didn’t even think to put wheels on it till long later.