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Union Fears Could Curtail Construction Startup Prospects

Cory Weinberg

Mar 01, 2018 12:17 PM PST ·

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Here’s the next battleground over tech’s impact on jobs: building sites.

New startups aiming to automate home construction, such as SoftBank-backed Katerra, are setting off alarm bells among labor unions in the construction industry. Worried about the potential impact on jobs and wages, unions are jostling to try to block developments that use these factories. It promises to be another big hurdle for startups that are still trying to convince real estate developers that their approach is worth trying.

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