unskilled labor

Example Sentences

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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

“Young, unskilled labor are trusted to perform safety-driven tasks, and it’s scary,” said Barbara Samuels, a former associate lighting supervisor who, as an intern, almost fell from a truss structure.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2021

Those doing jobs that only a few months ago would have led to rejection of their visa requests as those performing unskilled labor are now seen as essential.

From Scientific American • Apr. 9, 2020

The aim of the early factory owners and managers was to simplify the stages of the manufacturing process so that they could be executed by cheap, unskilled labor.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

With so much unskilled labor looking for work, he was no longer dependent on Johnny Joyce and his skilled butchers.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield