There’s a lot of improvements that have come about as a result of being technically feasible, in many cases over the objections of the workers.
E.g. safer working at heights - harnesses, scissor/boom lifts, scaffolding with kick guards and netting.
In other cases, both the workers and employers wanted improvements. Compare the nose end of a modern truck or freight locomotive with a WW2 era or even 1980s one, for example.
The improvements were a result of labor struggle, not of the increased productivity.
Oh yes totally!
People died for these benefits.
There’s a lot of improvements that have come about as a result of being technically feasible, in many cases over the objections of the workers.
E.g. safer working at heights - harnesses, scissor/boom lifts, scaffolding with kick guards and netting.
In other cases, both the workers and employers wanted improvements. Compare the nose end of a modern truck or freight locomotive with a WW2 era or even 1980s one, for example.