After the UAW won contracts with the Big Three, it's seeking to unionize 150,000 workers across a dozen companies including Tesla.

‘Your Turn’: United Auto Workers Launches Campaign to Unionize Tesla::After the UAW won contracts with the Big Three, it’s seeking to unionize 150,000 workers across a dozen companies including Tesla.

    • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      That’ll go about as well as the full self-driving capability of tesla vehicles.

    • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      They originally over-relied on automation in their factories, to Elon’s own admission. There’s just some tasks that humans will always be better at, until we see a fundamental change in robotics. And no, the current AI fad is not enough.

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        They’ve been working to solve those problems as well so they are more robot friendly. One of the problems was the wiring harness being limp/flexible so they started using a more rigid wiring system.

        Probably not good enough to have a robot replace it yet, but I bet a change like that also reduces the people hours required reducing head counts

        Edit: I was just thinking about this more, and with the cybertruck now using ethernet in its 48v system, I wonder if this will be as relevant given there’s less cabling. I guess even then it’d still be easier to have something rigid around it, but maybe it’s not even worth it now.

      • quo@feddit.ukEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I’ve heard this same argument from people insisting automation creates more jobs.

        These bots are developed and adopted because they reduce the need for human labor. If it worked the way you describe, no factory would automate because needing more labor defeats the point.