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Electronic shelf labels likely to cost jobs and drive up grocery prices, US report warns

AFL-CIO calls for ban on such labels to protect consumers and workers from surveillance pricing and job cuts The universal adoption of electronic shelf labels in grocery stores across the US could cost tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in lost wages while further driving up grocery costs, according to a report released on Tuesday. An analysis by the AFL-CIO Tech Institute of the…

Electronic shelf labels likely to cost jobs and drive up grocery prices, US report warns

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