unskilled labor

Example Sentences

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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

Furthermore, 44% of small businesses surveyed currently have job openings for skilled workers and 27% have openings for unskilled labor.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2021

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