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A warehouse scanner records which item someone picks and when. That helps track orders, but also reveals the gaps between scans.

A gap shows a pause, not why someone paused. Humans inconveniently arrive without diagnostic lights.

Warehouse distribution workers in Auckland and Christchurch struck on 12 November over automation, monitoring and employment protections. Stocktaking drones are operating, and a large robot is being installed in Auckland to pack small items.

Workers First alleges AI-driven monitoring tracks bathroom breaks. The Warehouse Group denies tracking bathroom use and says its scanning technology measures efficiency, is not AI and has nothing to do with bathroom visits.

It also denies job losses from the drones or permanent-role redundancies from the picking automation.

The dispute isn't simply humans versus robots. The union says workers aren't opposed to useful technology.

They want contracts requiring consultation, retraining and redeployment, plus agreement before technology that could cut jobs arrives.

That's the useful lesson: agree what workplace data can be used for, and what happens to workers when machinery changes their jobs. A scanner should help find the stock, not become the entire definition of a good employee.

Sources: RNZ; The Post; Workers First via Scoop.

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