GM AUTOMATES EV FACTORY AFTER 1,300 LAYOFFS
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General Motors has installed robots at its flagship electric vehicle factory following the elimination of 1,300 worker positions. The automation move comes as the autoworkers union warns of a dystopian "dark factory" future.
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