manual labor
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A boycott could harm day laborers who rely on customers to hire them for manual labor jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Cleaning M&M’s machinery would still require more manual labor in the short term, reducing efficiency on production lines, Hewitt said, but the disruption would be manageable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
“You have a lot of manual labor that involves very heavy moving of objects and people can get cut. People can get hurt,” said Pras Velagapudi, chief technology officer at Agility Robotics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Everyone, regardless of their background or status, was expected to work, and manual labor was honorable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Kelley was assigned to his cell twelve hours a day, and taken out for twelve-hour work shifts, building fortifications and doing other heavy manual labor.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
