Unions decry meat robots
PA Auckland A suggestion that robots could be used in freezing works came in for some flak from the union yesterday. The secretary of the Auckland Freezing Workers’ Union, Mr Trevor Kelly, said that the prospect of robots replacing men was an absolute “no, no,” in the union’s view. The executive director of the Freezing Companies’ Association, Mr Peter Blomfield, told a meat industry research conference in Hamilton on Tuesday that robots could do many tasks which now needed
human labour. Mr Kelly has replied saying, “Sure we realise that some jobs can be done by machinery, but when people start talking about putting robots in then that is going too far. It is a nightmare. The national secretary of the Meat Workers’ Union, Mr A. J. Kennedy, said that his union would not allow the use of robots. “It just shows the mentality of some employers once they develop dollar signs in their eyes and the sort of dreams they have. The suggestion is completely out of touch with the reality of what society needs,” he said.
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