And an analysis of retail workers by Demos found that black people and Latinos are overrepresented in the cashier positions, which are the lowest paid. Amazon’s experimental convenience store in the city has eliminated the entire checkout process – erasing the need for cashiers. Facebook Twitter Pinterest People walk past an Amazon Go store, currently open only to Amazon employees, in Seattle. The job loss projections have left many retail workers and the union that represents them apprehensive. “At the end of the day, you will always have people who are going to need help from a human.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2017 09:00 UTC