Companies and unions must strive for consensus on robotics and automation at work

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Companies and unions must strive for consensus on robotics and automation at work
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Instead of piecemeal initiatives, Canada needs a national strategy on robotics and automation

The rise of the machines can result in rising standards of living for Canadian workers – but only if companies and labour unions find common ground at the bargaining table.

is making us collectively poorer. The country is falling further behind the United States and other industrialized countries when it comes to economic output for each hour worked, according to the Bank of Canada. There is an emerging consensus among companies and unions here in Canada that a lack of communication with workers is a pitfall for businesses when implementing robotics and automation.

Technology, though, can result in job loss and other changes in work organization, workloads, surveillance, workplace health and safety and pay. Still, Unifor rejects the notion that technological progress automatically spells disaster for workers.

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