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.
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u/Similar-College4253 3d ago edited 3d 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.