You are right that higher wages increase the incentives for companies to replace labour with machines. But we have to cross bridges when we come them. Driverless cars along with electric have grossly over promised on their potential but that cannot be used as a reason to continue with the modern version of slave labour. It is certain internet deliveries from Amazon and others will become much more expensive and re organised to have less drivers running around. That would be excellent.

It is interesting that Switzerland is engaged in a bitter batle with the EU to prevent cheap labour driving down wages to Swiss Nationals.