Posts tagged Driverless vehicles

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization Unions

    Editorial: Unionizing Uber and Lyft drivers may speed up their robotic replacement

    July 2, 2025 // Here’s the issue for drivers. Labor talks are playing out as Uber and its competitors are investing heavily in driverless vehicles, just like Tesla. Uber isn’t hiding that future. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi even told The Wall Street Journal this year he expects AVs to gradually overtake human drivers.

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    News Article ● Labor

    Automation Won’t Eliminate Truckers

    February 8, 2022 // Even though U.S. job openings are close to 11 million— including 580,000 openings in transportation, warehousing, and utilities—truckers are worried that new automated vehicle technology will take away their jobs.

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