Most “unskilled labor” is heavily skill dependant. You wouldn’t want a chef, builder or painter who didn’t know what they were doing. And for production: machinists, mechanics and foremen make or break profit with their skills.
So what’s a better name for these jobs?
Edit: I have been told that plumbers don’t qualify as unskilled, and as such they have been exchanged for painter.
I can totally see it for builders, as where I’m from the grunts would just follow orders and carry bricks (and other materials) around.
Chef, tho? I’ve seen good restaurants turn shit because their chefs left.
Skilled labor implies years of training and certifications which chefs may or may not have.
a chef without the cred is simply a cook