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Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers

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Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers
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Amazon has officially surpassed a fleet of 1 million robots, an arsenal of mechanical arms, Roomba-like floor loaders, and hulking pallet sorting machines.



Each robot is a node in an intricate web allowing the corporation to speed up delivery times and lower overhead. But for the over 1.5 million full- and part-time workers relying on Amazon wages to pay their bills, the company’s bot army represents rising competition — not just metaphorically, but physically.



As George Mason Univer

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