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The Future of Warehouse Work: Technological Change in the U.S. Logistics Industry

Author:
Gutelius, Beth; Theodore, Nick
Year:
2019

In the UC Berkeley Labor Center’s report The Future of Warehouse Work, scholars Beth Gutelius and Nik Theodore discuss how technology in warehouses likely won’t cause dramatic job loss, but instead workers will see the content and quality of their jobs shift, as jobs are deskilled and workers are forced to worker harder under more surveillance.