• dmention7@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Except it’s literally just an economics term referring to positions that can be reasonably learned through on the job training with little or no prior experience.

    Stuff like this just muddies and distracts the conversation from the true issue, which is that those jobs deserve a living wage.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      You’ve literally just described every job that exists everywhere. It’s a bullshit term to other and denigrate certain groups.

      • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        Lol sure. Are you ready to be an architect or a biochemist or an ironworker or a paramedic?

          • Turun@feddit.de
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            11 months ago

            No shit, the apprenticeship is the exact thing we claim makes a difference.

            We can argue where exactly we should draw the line: Is a two year apprenticeship required to qualify as skilled labor? Or is 6 months enough already? Maybe even a one month training course can be considered enough to learn a skill. But the fact is that some jobs require more training than others. And this distinction is worth making in some situations.

            I worked in unskilled Labor before, a few minutes teaching so I know what to do, maybe two hours supervised to make sure I don’t fuck up and that’s it.