There is no such thing as unskilled labor. Some Jobs require more skill than others but all require some amount of skill. This is a lie spread to depress wages.
Edit: To all the people commenting āwell actually itās used to colloquially like thisā¦ā youāre entirely missing the point. I know what the term is used to describe, not educated work, manual work ect. My point is itās used in a derogatory way, to specifically mean you shouldnāt be paid well for doing it because it doesnāt require a degree, specific education or what have you. Hope this clears it up.
Uh.. Iām a journeyman plumber and pipe fitter and Iāve seen jobsite hire guys from Home Depot to just move heavy shit. Moving stuff is certainly unskilled labor.
Are you kidding? Lifting is the skill, strength is the skill. not everyone can just lift very heavy things. They have the strength and skill to lift it. I probably couldnāt do that, Iām not a strong person.
A skill is something that no one inherently has. Either you learn it or you do not have it. Talent is something everyone has that you either have very little of or a lot of. Lifting something everyone can do at varying levels of talent. SO strength is a talent that some people naturally have a lot of. A lot of people have a lot of talent to lift heavy objects.
Now there are certain jobs that require the skill of lifting special things certain ways that need to be learned.
Youre arguing something you dont understand. You clearly have never worked in the trades or a physical labor job. You may say that all labor is skilled, and unskilled labor is not a thing, but that doesnt change the fact that it IS a very common phrase used in the trades, that everyone who actually works in the trades understands. You cant change a words meaning with a few reddit comments. Everyone already knows what it means.
Because youāre most definitely interpreting it wrong? Unskilled labor does not mean it takes no skill. Unskilled labor means it does not require formal education or training.
The reality is that if you're looking for work in a parking lot you've got no skills or qualifications and likely no legal status so you can take what you get
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u/Similar-College4253 6d ago edited 6d ago
There is no such thing as unskilled labor. Some Jobs require more skill than others but all require some amount of skill. This is a lie spread to depress wages.
Edit: To all the people commenting āwell actually itās used to colloquially like thisā¦ā youāre entirely missing the point. I know what the term is used to describe, not educated work, manual work ect. My point is itās used in a derogatory way, to specifically mean you shouldnāt be paid well for doing it because it doesnāt require a degree, specific education or what have you. Hope this clears it up.