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
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
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
In 1950, nearly three in five black women in Montgomery, Alabama’s capital city, worked as maids for white families, and almost three-quarters of employed black men mowed lawns and did other kinds of unskilled labor.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
