manual labor

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Rice farmer Rodel Malinay has shifted to an “on-call” labor system, instead of having three to five laborers working daily, and does more manual labor himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

There will be winners, Restrepo said: workers whose jobs require social skills, proximity or manual labor, and consumers, who get cheaper products and services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

“You have a lot of manual labor that involves very heavy moving of objects and people can get cut. People can get hurt,” said Pras Velagapudi, chief technology officer at Agility Robotics.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Three years ago, he and his wife moved to South Korea, where he vowed to never again do manual labor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

At first, it was just manual labor, factory labor.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson