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Bus workers to head off job threats from automation, RMT conference hears
(From left) CEO of Fusion Processing Jim Hutchinson, Minister for Transport Kevin Stewart, Stagecoach Regional Director Sam Greer and Managing Director of Alexander Dennis Paul Davies with one of the new autonomous buses on show at the Traffic Scotland National Control Centre in South Queensferry, May 11, 2023

BUS workers will take decisive action to head off the threats to jobs and working conditions from automation, the RMT AGM heard yesterday. 

Delegates to the annual conference in Bournemouth spoke of the need to educate members on the dangers that automation poses to workers’ livelihoods.

Stagecoach has already launched an autonomous bus project in Edinburgh, though two staff members are required on board in case of any technical problems at the moment.

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