Socialism and the Self-Checkout Machine

Socialism and the Self-Checkout Machine

Shoppers head toward the self-checkout lanes at Fred Meyer. (Flickr) This month, union activists in Oregon turned in the first batch of signatures to get the Grocery Store Service and Community Protection Act on the ballot for 2020. The Act would limit grocery stores to a maximum of two self-checkout lanes at a time.

Oregon ALF-CIO president Tom Chamberlain issued a statement explaining his motivations for supporting the Act: The widescale use of self-checkout machines in our state’s grocery stores is part of a deliberate corporate strategy that relies on automation to reduce labor costs and eliminate jobs. It disproportionately […]

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