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EsotericEmbryo@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Kenya's tea pickers are destroying the machines replacing them

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Kenya's tea pickers are destroying the machines replacing them

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EsotericEmbryo@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago
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Kenya's tea pickers are destroying the machines replacing them | Semafor
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Kenyan tea pickers are destroying machines brought in to replace them during violent protests that highlight the challenge faced by low skilled workers as companies increasingly rely on automation to cut costs.
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    Only England? I thought it was global

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      The luddites specifically were a group in England but the sentiment was the same in parts of the us and Europe with other movements.

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