<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://mises.org/wire/afl-cio-demands-we-never-use-self-serve-checkout" class="">https://mises.org/wire/afl-cio-demands-we-never-use-self-serve-checkout</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="group-image-wrapper pull-left field-group-html-element" id="slideshow" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 240px; color: rgb(73, 78, 84); font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; float: left !important;"><a href="https://mises.org/wire/afl-cio-demands-we-never-use-self-serve-checkout#disqus_thread" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: transparent; color: rgb(56, 112, 158); text-decoration: none; font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 11px; float: left; display: block; margin-top: 5px;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">26 COMMENTS</a></div><p class="tags" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px; color: rgb(81, 88, 92); font-size: 11px; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="bold tag-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; padding-right: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;">TAGS</span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="https://mises.org/topics/labor-and-wages" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: transparent; color: rgb(81, 88, 92); text-decoration: none;" class="">Labor and Wages</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="https://mises.org/topics/protectionism-and-free-trade" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: transparent; color: rgb(81, 88, 92); text-decoration: none;" class="">Protectionism and Free Trade</a></span></p><div class="field-group-html-element group-date-author required-fields" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px; color: rgb(73, 78, 84); font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 66, 107); text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600;">5 HOURS AGO</span><span class="author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/profile/andrew-moran" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: transparent; color: rgb(0, 66, 107); text-decoration: none;" class="">Andrew Moran</a></span></div><div class="body-content clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(73, 78, 84); font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px;" class="">There is growing concern across the globe that automation will lead us to a dystopian future. With robots becoming ubiquitous in every aspect of our lives, the marketplace will be filled with cheap goods, but the consuming population can’t acquire them because they don’t have a job. It is a legitimate worry for millions of people, especially when you see the countless videos and news articles about a robot flipping burgers, automated arms packaging goods inside a factory, and grocery stores without cashiers.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px;" class="">One of the latest doom-and-gloom alarmists is the Wisconsin chapter of the AFL-CIO, which is griping about self-serve checkouts. Do unions ever do anything productive?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px;" class="">Last week, the labor union went to <a href="http://archive.is/tznAW" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: transparent; color: rgb(56, 112, 158); text-decoration: none;" class="">Facebook</a> to demand its followers to “never self checkout.” The organization whined that it doesn’t want to assist corporations in firing employees just so they can boost their bottom lines.</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 12.5px 25px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: 18.75px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(228, 235, 238);" class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" class="">It’s not convenient for me to help corporations fire workers so they raise their profits. I stand in line and when the lines back up, the store calls more cashiers to the front. If we keep doing it, they’ll need to hire more people. NEVER SELF CHECKOUT……</div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>