That may be what all the mindless union thugs say but it's just a dumb lie.
Sure, we always find ways to make our work more efficient and people always lose their jobs --but it's not the one that's causing the other and we'd lose a lot more jobs if we outlawed factory efficiency. Many years ago when I began engineering almost all the work I did then is now being done by computers --that are all now all built and programmed by engineers like me. More people working and a lot more getting done.
Well, I think it’s true and I’m not a mindless Union thug. Many good-paying jobs ARE being eliminated by automation and replaced by lower paying ones (if at all). It is a well documented trend. Also, don’t misunderstand: I am also not saying this is a bad thing, but it is inevitable.
I am in the software/IT field. While our area has certainly grown, tools that make us more productive (& enhance collaboration) will also, eventually, cost jobs. In the cyber security world, a lot of the monitoring that used to be done by people is now automated. I honestly think that 20 years from now, a lot of software will be automatically generated or functionality will be learned from observation or data. Again, not bad, just inevitable.