{"id":15561,"date":"2018-07-04T17:56:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T16:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=15561"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:38","slug":"work-together-or-face-the-mucky-jobs-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=15561","title":{"rendered":"Automation tide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policy conference heard from delegates today (July 4) who have already been affected by a growing tide of automation.<\/p>\n

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Speaking in favour of a motion to further Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policies on automation and the digital economy, the delegates were clear that the union needs to build on its current work around the issues in order to mitigate the dangers of Industry 4.0<\/a> to workers and grasp its benefits.<\/p>\n

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Eddie Stobart worker Matthew Brown, from the West Midlands, described a new hub that the firm will be opening, which he said was a \u00e2\u20ac\u015bstark\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 example of the effects of automation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Brown said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is a fully automated site. There will be no people moving from our site just a few miles up the road to the new site \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s automation for you.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Lorry driver Kevin Terry, from the South West, explained that automation also poses problems for the transport industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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He said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bI drive a (44 tonne lorry) and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s automated. The truck will tell me if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m wondering on to the left or the right. I put it into automatic drive and set the speed control and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it. All I do is sit and steer it, the vehicle tells me everything else and the manager knows exactly what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m doing because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m tracked.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re building smart motorways with WIFI built in so they can bring in the platooning of lorries. So you have up to six lorries at a time, with one vehicle at the front controlling the others behind. This is to save the companies money. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been hinted to us that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to be saying that \u00e2\u20ac\u0098whilst the other five drivers are sat behind we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to pay them a driver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wage\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n

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Finance<\/a> worker Sally Pirrie (pictured) told conference that \u00e2\u20ac\u015bwe can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop automation but we can work with it.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWhen I started working in (cheque clearing) there were lots and lots of sites. When I became a seconded rep there were 15 sites. This year there will be one site that will receive images from automated cheque clearing machines within branches,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Pirrie said.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe all need to attend Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s automation workshops. All of us in this room are going to be affected by this at some time and all we will be left with is the mucky jobs if we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work together.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Conference voted unanimously in favour of the motion.<\/p>\n

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