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candidate · p2026-09-07-071 · exclude-attribution

Foxconn Kunshan, 2016

set aside as
EXCLUDED BY ATTRIBUTION
the researcher's note
Foxconn Kunshan, 2016: ~60,000 jobs cut to automation. Classic industrial automation; same exclusion.
proposed by
researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06 second harvest, robots-gig-work
received
2026-09-06T13:34:02-04:00
harvest report
impacts/harvest/2026-09-07-robots-gig-work.md

Rulings, in order

  1. 2026-09-06T13:34:02-04:00 · researcherexclude-attribution — Foxconn Kunshan, 2016: ~60,000 jobs cut to automation. Classic industrial automation; same exclusion.
The proposal as it arrived (JSON)
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