Soon enough, it won't just be cashiers who are losing their jobs to robots. It will be MOST people. That's why it's inevitable that the basic income idea Finland and other countries are now experimenting with will succeed and take root in the United States and elsewhere. (Don't take this to mean that I support it. I just think it is going to happen.) The alternative for most people would be NO income, and I don't think anyone on either side of the political spectrum wants that.
Directly or indirectly, the money for this will have to come from corporations and levies on imports -- in case anyone is wondering.
January 12, 2018
Jack in the Box CEO: Swapping cashiers for robots 'makes sense' due to minimum wage increase
By Kathleen Joyce | Fox News
The CEO of fast-food restaurant Jack in the Box said “it just makes sense” to replace cashiers with robots due to the minimum wage increase in California.
"As we see the rising costs of labor, it just makes sense" to swap cashiers with kiosks where customers can order their food themselves, CEO Leonard Comma said Tuesday at the ICR Conference in Orlando, Fla., Business Insider reported.
However, Comma said that while his fast-food restaurant has tested products with technological advances at their establishments, he has decided to not go forward with the kiosks.
California, where Jack in the Box is based, will raise its minimum wage to $11 in 2018 and again in 2023 to $15. California and 18 other states have proposed to raise their respective minimum wages, Grub Street reported.
Jack in the Box was not the only fast-food joint to consider using robots in replacement for cashiers. Wendy’s said it would be installing the kiosks in the next year and McDonald’s also announced they were planning to install the kiosks to 2,500 restaurants. However, McDonald’s vowed they would not be swapping cashiers for the self-automated machines.
Smaller fast-food chains such as CaliBurger and Eatsa have already started making the entire restaurant automated, Business Insider reported.
As a way to cut costs before the minimum wage increase, Red Robin announced Tuesday they would be cutting bus boys from 570 restaurants in order to save the company money.
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/01/10/jack-in-box-ceo-swapping-cashiers-for-robots-makes-sense-due-to-minimum-wage-increase.html
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