Nike ersätter arbetare med robotar för att slippa kritik

om dåliga arbetsvillkor:

In an aim to cut down on labor costs, Nike's slashing its international workforce. But the move could have other benefits as well: Cutting down on criticism over the way the retailer treats its workers.  

Don Blair, Nike's chief financial officer, told the Financial Times that the company is "engineering the labour out" of some of its products by replacing workers with technology. 

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Kampen mot slavliknande villkor i tredje världens fabriker kanske får sin lösning genom ny teknologi. Människan frigörs allt mer från det okvalificerade arbetet, men till liten nytta i ett samhälle som dyrkar lönearbetet.