• roguetrick
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    10 months ago

    That’s funny. We would never call someone doing specialized work like digging a tunnel through a mountain just laborers in the US.

    Edit: and it’s very funny that wildcat miners are the ones that saved them

    • engityra
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      1010 months ago

      I work in construction and I don’t know that I agree. They’re digging a tunnel for a road, not mining, and earthworks crews generally consistent of equipment operators and labourers.

        • @crimsonpoodle@pawb.social
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          710 months ago

          I wonder if to some extent it’s because of the title inflation in the United States; an effort to give employees a sense of value without actually paying them more