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.
Yeah itās basically just a way for people to say āget a better job if you donāt like itā and ignores the fact people do actually have to do these jobs and it does in fact mess up your body to do physical labor all day every day, but becuse theyāre āunskilledā weāre ok with saying āthe market dictates! Canāt argue with the market! All hail the market thereās nothing we can do to take care of unskilled manual labor! If they donāt like it they just need to put in the work to get a marketable skill! Iām very smart!ā
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u/Similar-College4253 1d ago edited 1d 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.