• mox@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    they wanted these machines to be run by workers who had gone through an apprenticeship and got paid decent wages.

    A machine that avoids that can be called labor-saving, in the sense that it saves the employer from having to pay for skilled labor. I get the distinction you’re making, and thanks for the article, but it really doesn’t invalidate the use of the phrase.

    Still a good clarification, though, and I side with the skilled labor on this one. :)