"minor increases in labor costs" Minor increases wouldn't be worth organizing an union over, would they? Or they are on the order of 30-40 per cent, which no

"minor increases in labor costs" Minor increases wouldn't be worth organizing an union over, would they? Or they are on the order of 30-40 per cent, which no longer falls under "minor" and can turn some kind of automation technology barely, but profitable. Not everything is matter of "many people mashing the automation buttons". Business involves a lot of trade-offs and the decision making is pretty complicated. Neither you nor me can really predict all the butterfly effects involved. I wish them success, but presenting the wage/budget situation as totally immune to balance changes is unrealistic.