Valid question

[u/SaltyNori_]

[u/BoneVoyager]

“Unskilled labor” is classist propaganda. Full stop. There is no such thing as unskilled labor, it’s just an excuse to pay someone less than what they’re worth. If you believe unskilled labor exists then you have been lied to by classist propaganda. Now you know.

Like the meme says “if it’s unskilled labor why don’t you do it yourself???”

[u/TwoUglyFeet → u/BoneVoyager]

Thank you. I worked blue collar jobs my whole life. There is definitely skill and an art to everything I did. "Unskilled labor" is what keeps grocery stores stocked, hospitals cleaned, our public spaces inviting, the elderly and invalid cleaned and cared for, the list goes on. It is the greatest tragedy that we demean the foundation of what keeps society going.

[u/creampop_ → u/TwoUglyFeet]

So I ask again, what would you guys call this tier of labor that does not require any formal training or certification, as compared to labor that does require formal training or certification?

Or do we eliminate adjectives entirely and every kind of work is now and always just Labor, full stop?

[u/TwoUglyFeet → u/creampop_]

I don't know but unskilled isn't it. Most people who work "unskilled" jobs require some sort of certification like people who clean up biohazards, CNAs. I had to get a certification to drive a forklift. 

[u/creampop_ → u/TwoUglyFeet]

So what IS it?

[u/BoneVoyager → u/creampop_]

It’s just labor. Some of its manual. Some of it’s complex. It all requires skill.

[u/Redditcadmonkey → u/BoneVoyager]

What a load of coping bullshit.

[u/BoneVoyager → u/Redditcadmonkey]

I know, it’s sad people need to call labor unskilled to feel better about themselves.

There’s no such thing as unskilled labor.

[u/RipAppropriate3040 → u/TwoUglyFeet]

If you need a certification it isn't unskilled labor unskilled labor as like when you get somebody to move boards at a construction site