>>A unionization push that results in better-paid, more humane jobs in the short term, and robots taking over the awful jobs in the long run seems like a net ga

>>A unionization push that results in better-paid, more humane jobs in the short term, and robots taking over the awful jobs in the long run seems like a net gain for humanity to me. By prohibiting monotonous work, you're preventing those low-skilled workers from contributing to the total production, which reduces the rate at which the economy automates. Automation is a product of investment capital (surplus productivity). Anything that reduces total production results in less productivity being invested into upgrading the economy.