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The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday
This is so horrifying to read. Is there anything we can do to help?
meritt
on Nov 30, 2013
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Amazon acquired Kiva Systems to employ robots [1] to replace people for these various tasks. Although taking away a viable source of income for low-income earners during the holiday season probably isn't viewed as "help" by most of them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KRjuuEVEZs
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