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  • Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers

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  • Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers

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  • I mean you can't go to the store purchase a stethoscope and call yourself a doctor. Similarly, programmers do not require any sort of certifications or are heavily regulated unlike engineers. It's an interesting argument for sure.

  • U.S. port, union talks break down again over automation, with two months to go before potential strike

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  • progress benefits only a select group of already-rich individuals and means loss of jobs and income for everyone else.

    This is tough because alternatively, not progressing on automation at the ports benefits a select group of wealthy individuals as well. The ILA's president, Harold Daggett, brings in nearly $1 million a year ($902,000) in salary, and his son Dennis which is the vice president, salary is $703,000. At the United Auto Workers union, with more than four times as many members, UAW President Shawn Fain received just under $200,000 for his eight months on the job last year. . None of the dock workers get paid close to as much.

    I think one of the best solutions for this is to offer some sort of retraining for the workers who will be displaced by automation. As with any technological progress, I am sure new jobs will arise. As the article states, we don't really have a consensus on whether port automation will actually decrease jobs. I think the benefits of port automation (environment, worker safety, the end consumer, efficiency, etc) with some sort of worker retraining here really outweighs the cons.

  • politics @lemmy.world
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    U.S. port, union talks break down again over automation, with two months to go before potential strike

    www.cnbc.com /amp/2024/11/13/port-automation-fight-breakdown-talks-new-strike.html

  • US port workers and operators reach deal to end East Coast strike immediately | Tentative deal includes a 62% wage hike over six years

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  • Again I am talking about automated ports not Amazon sorting facilities, please look into how automated ports work, in fully automated ports there are less workers working directly with machinery than in a standard port. You'll need to provide sources that automated ports are not safer or more efficient. The transportation and movement occupation has the highest number of fatal injuries in my state, not only can it be fatal but it also takes a toll physically as well, we should be helping these workers and automation can help do that.

  • US port workers and operators reach deal to end East Coast strike immediately | Tentative deal includes a 62% wage hike over six years

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  • Automated ports do not work that way, where employees interact directly with a robot. Instead employees stay at a desk and minimal employees are on the ground. Like I had mentioned, automated ports are safer.

    https://youtu.be/P5kO_BnXAwc

  • US port workers and operators reach deal to end East Coast strike immediately | Tentative deal includes a 62% wage hike over six years

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  • Yes, I work in supply chain. Being a dock worker is a tough grueling job, wouldn't we want to automate that as much as possible? Besides cost, automated ports are both safer and more efficient. I think the ideal scenario would be to grant some sort of retraining.

  • US port workers and operators reach deal to end East Coast strike immediately | Tentative deal includes a 62% wage hike over six years

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  • I'm not sure how I feel about the no automation clause.

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  • Ignorance is bliss

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2017/aug/30/nationalise-google-facebook-amazon-data-monopoly-platform-public-interest

  • Are there any "famous" Lemmy users?

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  • The user with an AI copyright notice on every one of their posts is one of my favorite "gimmicks".