Andrew Yang warns Walmart robots will sideline workers in ‘winner-take-all-economy’

Andrew Yang warns Walmart robots will sideline workers in 'winner-take-all-economy'

Robot-made pizza: Is the Seattle startup’s invention better than hand-tossed? Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang sees Walmart’s plan to use more robots in its stores as a symptom of a larger problem: a march toward automation with the potential to crush the U.S. labor market.

The retailer, which is the largest U.S. employer with about 1 million hourly workers, is adding automatons to buoy productivity and curb costs, according to a report from CNN . They will handle tasks such as scrubbing floors and scanning shipment boxes. Worker advocates, however, fear their responsibilities are likely to grow as they become […]

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