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GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
  • Most Americans do not want to work at a factory.

What kind of nonsense is that? Look at the insane number of people busting their asses at meat grinders like Amazon warehouses and tell that they wouldn't give that shit up in heartbeat for a union manufacturing job.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Fortune is not as bad as many other "news" organizations, but they do shill pretty hard for the corporate overlord. So, Fortune claiming that Americans don't want to work is on par with Santa Magazine saying that kids love to sit on the laps of smelly old men so much that they will line up for it.
Of course Americans don't want to work in hellish conditions for no benefits, no job security, and slave wages. Also, most college kids don't want to work in a factory, the whole point of college is to pull themselves up out of the blue color job market. So if you wanted to write a piece that explains how it isn't the corporations fault for offshoring jobs, it's actually American workers themselves who don't want to work then ya, depending on where and how you ask, you will definitely get a large number of people saying no thanks.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

Wouldn't Fortune claiming people don't want to work be like Santa Magazine saying people don't like Santa? You'd think Fortune would be like "hooray work, work makes you free".

Anecdotally I work at a factory myself and most people do not react with envy when I tell them.