skilled labor
labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
the workers employed in such labor.
Origin of skilled labor
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How to use skilled labor in a sentence
What a lost opportunity to employ and train Somalis and build out a skilled labor sector.
Building one of these beauties takes 604 hours of highly skilled labor.
Savoir Beds’ Royal State Bed: Just Perfect, If You Have $175,000 | Daniel Gross | June 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe number of jobs requiring high-skilled labor has declined.
Why a BA is Now a Ticket to A Job in a Coffee Shop | Megan McArdle | March 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFurnished all the brain power anyway, and skilled labor outranks muscle at any time.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondIn his first great mill strike Colonel Harris lost most of his skilled labor and the profits of half a year.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment | Charles E. Bolton
The proper solution of the skilled labor problem is strictly within the power of the individual Negro.
The Negro Problem | Booker T. Washington, et al.The farm laborer finds himself advanced to the ranks of skilled labor.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowryThats what takes the blood out of a man, the everlasting wrench of trying to get skilled labor that is skilled.
The Wayfarers | Mary Stewart Cutting
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