unskilled labor
Example Sentences
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One reason is that its high minimum wage has raised costs for employers, which in turn are cutting back on unskilled labor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
I think anyone who’s done unskilled labor would be able to relate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
It was like, "That person took my work. That person that I can point to is using these machines and child labor and unskilled labor to run them."
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
I accompanied her team as an embedded journalist, earning my keep with unskilled labor, much of it involving a snow shovel.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2022
But the skilled butchers were now a small part of a huge, mostly unskilled labor pool.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
