Kenyan tea pickers are destroying machines brought in to replace them during violent protests that highlight the challenge faced by low skilled workers as companies increasingly rely on automation to cut costs.
Unfortunately this still happens new technology, scientific research. Look into “golden rice” fields were destroyed because some disinformation about GMO.
Ahh s**t here we go again!
Seriously this happened in industrial revolution pretty often 200 years ago.
The luddites! They smashed weaving looms in England.
Only England? I thought it was global
The luddites specifically were a group in England but the sentiment was the same in parts of the us and Europe with other movements.
Unfortunately this still happens new technology, scientific research. Look into “golden rice” fields were destroyed because some disinformation about GMO.
But this is very different. It’s a company from a rich country replacing workers from a poor country with machines. No benefits for the people.
These machine might require repair from time to time, so a mechanic will be required. Maybe also a driver, etc.
Yes, but I don’t imagine Kenyan education to be up to par to provide that workforce, so they will most likely be foreigners.
The French threw their clogs in the machinery, clogs are called ‘sabots’, hence sabotage.