Honda’s East Liberty Auto Plant in Ohio, U.S. PALO ALTO, U.S. — The U.S. auto industry is struggling with slow employment growth. Economists mostly put the job losses down to automation: It simply takes fewer people to make a car than it once did.
American assembly line workers see things differently. They blame the country’s free trade agreements with Mexico and other countries for their plight and seem oddly untroubled by automation. President Donald Trump’s administration is also mum on the issue.
Friend or foe At Honda Motor’s East Liberty Auto Plant in Ohio, robots stand in rows on its […]
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