Luddites

[luhd-ahyt] /ˈlʌd aɪt/

noun
1.
a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
2.
someone who is opposed or resistant to new technologies or technological change.
/ˈlʌdaɪt/
noun (English history)
1.
any of the textile workers opposed to mechanization who rioted and organized machine-breaking between 1811 and 1816
2.
any opponent of industrial change or innovation
adjective
3.
of or relating to the Luddites
n.

also luddite, 1811, from name taken by an organized band of weavers who destroyed machinery in Midlands and northern England 1811-16 for fear it would deprive them of work. Supposedly from Ned Ludd, a Leicestershire worker who in 1779 had done the same before through insanity (but that story first was told in 1847). Applied to modern rejecters of automation and technology from at least 1961. As an adjective from 1812.
Luddites [(lud-eyets)]

Opponents of the introduction of labor-saving machinery. The original Luddites, followers of a legendary Ned Ludd, were British laborers of the early nineteenth century who smashed textile-making machines that threatened their jobs.

Note: Contemporary opponents of technological change are sometimes called “Luddites.”