Allah@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agoDo you think that blue collar work should come under the category of skilled work?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down14
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareDo you think that blue collar work should come under the category of skilled work?Allah@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareFistingEnthusiast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·5 hours agoI am a tradesman I also have a bachelor of science degree What I do is most definitely skilled labour The bullshit, classist crap about what is and is not skilled labour is pathetic I can promise that when the chips are down, the most useless people are the ones who sneer at those of us with calloused hands
minus-squareAllah@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 hours agohow is it classist?
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 hours agoPeople who work with their hands are almost always considered ‘lower class.’ A paralegal who earns $50,000 a year is considered to be most prestigious than a plumber who earns three times as much. It doesn’t matter that the plumber has a greater range of knowledge than the paralegal, only that they come home with dirty hands.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 hour agoWhat paralegal shit in your cheerios?
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 hour agoDude, come on, don’t be disingenuous, this is well established. The trades have been denigrated for decades, despite many of them being well-paying, secure jobs that require significant re-training and re-certification on a regular basis.
I am a tradesman
I also have a bachelor of science degree
What I do is most definitely skilled labour
The bullshit, classist crap about what is and is not skilled labour is pathetic
I can promise that when the chips are down, the most useless people are the ones who sneer at those of us with calloused hands
how is it classist?
People who work with their hands are almost always considered ‘lower class.’
A paralegal who earns $50,000 a year is considered to be most prestigious than a plumber who earns three times as much.
It doesn’t matter that the plumber has a greater range of knowledge than the paralegal, only that they come home with dirty hands.
What paralegal shit in your cheerios?
Dude, come on, don’t be disingenuous, this is well established.
The trades have been denigrated for decades, despite many of them being well-paying, secure jobs that require significant re-training and re-certification on a regular basis.