• SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
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    4 days ago

    There’s a lot of improvements that have come about as a result of being technically feasible, in many cases over the objections of the workers.

    E.g. safer working at heights - harnesses, scissor/boom lifts, scaffolding with kick guards and netting.

    In other cases, both the workers and employers wanted improvements. Compare the nose end of a modern truck or freight locomotive with a WW2 era or even 1980s one, for example.