Companies Shifting to Automation Include Amazon, Foxconn
The cuts are coming to many blue collar jobs in addition to white collar ones, the report indicates.
While discussing job losses in manufactoring, Sanders notes robotics companies that are evolving the trucking landscape, from Aurora and Gatik to Kodiak Robotics and Waymo.
“Millions of jobs in transportation will be eliminated. This is not science fiction. It’s already happening.” -Senator Bernie Sanders
In a statement about the report, Sanders notes that many large corporations have already laid of thousands across the past few years amid continuing automation efforts. Amazon has laid off 27,000 workers since 2022, while huge manufacturing contractor Foxconn has replaced 60,000 workers in one factory in China with robots.
