laborer
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the labourer occupation and its kinds, describe conditions, rights and safety with reference to labour law and organisations, present labour history including migrant labour programmes with attribution, and support career and policy questions.
A person who works with their hands in manual labour, in occupations such as agricultural labourers, farm and ranch hands including cowhands, construction labourers, dock and warehouse workers, and historical and migrant labourers such as the braceros of the mid-twentieth-century United States and Mexico programme; labourers perform physical work often with limited formal qualification, and their conditions, pay, safety and rights are central concerns of labour law and labour movements.
What it is for: Manual workers.
It can be explain kinds of labourer; describe conditions and rights; present labour history; support career and policy questions.
Distinguishing features
Manual work
Often low formal qualification
Physical demands
Labour rights focus
What it looks like
Not physical; an occupation.
How it is recognised
Works with the hands in manual labour
Agriculture, construction, logistics
A technician applies technical knowledge; a craft worker is skilled in a trade
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - another occupation entry
is related to - another manual occupation entry
is related to - another manual occupation entry
In practice
Families and kinds
agricultural labourers and farm hands
ranch hands and cowhands
construction labourers
dock, warehouse and logistics labourers
migrant and seasonal labourers
Standards and regulation
Labour law on wages, hours and safety
Migrant worker protections
Occupational classifications
Failure modes and hazards
Exploitation and unsafe conditions
Stereotyping manual workers
Undocumented and forced labour
Analytical facets
- substance
- social
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What labourers do.
Occupations.
Kinds
Kinds of labourer.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of labourer exist across agriculture, ranching, construction and logistics, and what does the work involve? provenance
- Which sector is meant? boundary
Skills
Skills and conditions.
Skills
Skills.
- What skills, physical demands and conditions characterise manual labour? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific occupation? action
Rights Rights and safety.
Law.
Law
Labour law.
Law
Law.
- What rights to pay, hours, safety and organisation do labourers have under labour law here, in general terms? provenance
- Is legal advice or an emergency service needed now? boundary
Migrant
Migrant labour.
Migrant
Migrant.
- What protections and risks apply to migrant and seasonal labourers, according to labour organisations? provenance
- Is forced labour or exploitation suspected, requiring authorities? boundary
History Labour history.
Attribution.
Programmes
Labour programmes.
Programmes
Programmes.
- How do historians describe migrant labour programmes such as the bracero programme, and how do workers describe them? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed? boundary
Movements
Labour movements.
Movements
Movements.
- How have labourers organised in unions and movements, and what did they achieve? provenance
- Which entry fits trade unions? action
Learn Careers and teaching.
Education.
Careers
Careers.
Careers
Careers.
- What career paths and training lead from labouring work to skilled trades, according to labour information? provenance
- Is personal career advice being sought? boundary
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can labour history and rights be taught? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each kind be a separate entry?
- How should labour law be linked by country?
- How should labour organisations be linked?