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Showing Original Post only (View all)Within 10 Years Most Workers Will Be "Task Rabbits". R. Reich. [View all]
Beware of the new economy now facing most workers in the longer term. The trend is to make most jobs contingency or contract jobs just like Uber. Employers are more about getting rid of jobs rather than creating more jobs. And they are on a roll to eliminate jobs that have the traditional protections that jobs used to have
Such trends mean major job "insecurity" for most workers and virtually no protections. What we see is Reagan hath wrought and intended in the 1980's. I do not understand why workers are willing to accept this fate and remain so anti union.
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TheMastersNemesis
Nov 2015
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actually, given the number of guns in this country, there will be revolution before that
roguevalley
Nov 2015
#67
The US is turning into just another shit corporation for many people, definitely
RKP5637
Nov 2015
#2
Reich and others have been warning of this for some time. When will people believe it,
appalachiablue
Nov 2015
#26
Tell me something I don't already realize, the wrath is also unnecessary.
appalachiablue
Nov 2015
#62
I look forward to the time robots become our overlords and give us a merciful death. nt
Xipe Totec
Nov 2015
#7
If robot labor is cheaper, then it follows that maintenance robots are cheaper than humans.
Xipe Totec
Nov 2015
#12
That's a question for our silicon based replacements. Carbon is so Cenozoic nt
Xipe Totec
Nov 2015
#14
How much has the cost of public education increased? How are pensions doing comparatively?
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#31
Exactly!!! Just keeping up buying food is outrageous. Crap way over priced. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2015
#34
Dip Shit Reagan Proposed A "Service Economy". It Was Code For Eventual "Task Rabbit" Jobs.
TheMastersNemesis
Nov 2015
#38
Fewer workers, fewer benefits, fewer pensions = higher profit % for investors. But hey---Didn't
WinkyDink
Nov 2015
#43