dignity of labor
Toil deserves respect
The dignity of labor is the idea that all honest work deserves respect, regardless of its status or pay.
The phrase typically appears in moral or political arguments against looking down on manual labor or service jobs: She believed in the dignity of labor and treated the janitor with the same respect as the CEO.
Sometimes used ironically to mock exploitation dressed up as virtue.
- workEffort toward a goal
- hard workSustained strenuous effort
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- sweat equityUnpaid work as investment
hands · pride · honest · craft · calluses · purpose · respect · worth · blue-collar · effort · roll up sleeves · bread · wages · making a living · backbone · skilled · trade · earthy
- blue collarhard hat, blue collar, blue-collar jobs, factory work, work boots
- work spiritualityvocation, calling, divine calling, sacred work, meaningful work
- SikhismGuru Granth Sahib, Sikh, Sikhs, Sikhism, gurdwara
- work valueswork ethic, integrity, honesty, reliability, job satisfaction
- GandhiMahatma Gandhi, satyagraha, ahimsa, nonviolence, khadi
dignity of laborclassism
Prejudice by economic rank
class prejudice · elitism · credentialism · gentility · careerism
dignity of laborclassism
Prejudice by economic rank
worker exploitation · labor exploitation · elitism · wage slavery · indentured servitude
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