At the mercy of these trends? Real-world examples
Can you please explain what they want to say "at the mercy of these trends"?
And also, does "real-world" here mean examples for reality?
Automated technologies threaten to replace workers in every sector of the economy, making jobs less and less secure. Without unions, workers will be completely at the mercy of these trends. This isn’t just a theoretical argument. The tangible, real-world examples of how unions make workers’ lives better are everywhere you look.
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workers will be at the mercy of these trends Workers will be negatively affected by these large changes and will be unable to prevent this. real-world examples means examples taken from the real world. Not hypothetical examples.
- workers will be at the mercy of these trends Workers will be negatively affected by these large changes and will be unable to prevent this.
- real-world examples means examples taken from the real world.
- Not hypothetical examples.
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workers will be at the mercy of these trends Workers will be negatively affected by these large changes and will be unable to prevent this.
real-world examples means examples taken from the real world. Not hypothetical examples.
0Vulnerable to these trends.
'At the mercy' is a complicated idiom for translation. "Mercy" almost always has a positive connotation--except in this case.
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