Many postal workers now spend seven straight hours on the streets as robots can quickly process letters Postal workers are spending more time pounding the streets burdened with much heavier mailbags because depot robots are becoming more efficient at processing letters.
Utopian economists have long predicted that automation would lead to lighter work, shorter shifts and increased leisure time. However, the Communications Workers Union (CWU) said that Royal Mail robots have bagged the easiest jobs, leaving humans to do the backbreaking work.
Postmen used to spend about three hours at the sorting desk and then four hours out on delivery, but […]
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