This was my thought as well. I'm not even sure how to judge this article. It seems very misinformed with making assumptions without any supporting evidence on how we get there.
It's true that automation would bring in new jobs, but not the jobs that the people affected would be able to jump into.
As far as the whole child care and home health jobs go, I'm not sure there would be a mass influx of opportunities there.
I don't know if I've ever personally seen employees at a daycare making much more than minimum wage and there's already a thin margin with daycares. So, I'd think they'd be in same trouble as a restaurant employee.
Daycare is a hard industry to pay decent wages since it's basically a replacement for an adult to stay home and the child to staff ratio is a factor (infants were 3 to 1 staff). Also, about 1/2 the population (males) are heavily discriminated against (85+% women). I did budgets for a group of daycares serving 45 families in the 90's and we did not pay well even for ND.
It's true that automation would bring in new jobs, but not the jobs that the people affected would be able to jump into.
As far as the whole child care and home health jobs go, I'm not sure there would be a mass influx of opportunities there.
I don't know if I've ever personally seen employees at a daycare making much more than minimum wage and there's already a thin margin with daycares. So, I'd think they'd be in same trouble as a restaurant employee.