From this article: "
This machine takes the place of five workers,” Mr. Cheng said, sitting in a booth at a Hong Kong trade fair this week and pointing at a poster on his wall of a computer-controlled, die-cutting machine for producing chair components.
Similar investments at factories across China mean that fewer hours of labor typically go into each product. So labor costs per unit do not rise nearly as quickly as wages."
We whine as if it is just an American issue, but it is simply a sign of progress. A necessary thing to mainain profitable, viable corps.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/bu...=business&_r=0