“Skilled labor isn’t cheap. Cheap labor isn’t skilled” is a work saying (pro-labor union) that has been printed on many images.
   
“Because skilled labor isn’t cheap & cheap labor isn’t skilled” was posted on X/Twitter by “Shut up and listen!” on June 7, 2011. “RT @taylorjonathane: Cheap labor isn’t skilled….. And by the same token skilled labor isn’t cheap” was posted on X/Twitter by Seven Pounds of Pressure on April 22, 2012. “I just saw a button I totally agree with: ‘Cheap labor isn’t skilled. Skilled labor isn’t cheap’” was posted on X/Twitter by Jerzei Collie 🖤🩶🤍💜 on May 20, 2012. “Skilled labor isn’t cheap, and Cheap labor isn’t skilled” (shown on a T-shirt) was posted on X/Twitter by apply liberally on March 26, 2013.
   
“Skilled labor ain’t cheap, cheap labor ain’t skilled” was posted on X/Twitter by Josh on July 8, 2013. “Skilled labor ain’t cheap and cheap labor ain’t skilled” was posted on X/Twitter by Digital Headhunter on July 10, 2013. “Skilled labor aint cheap, and cheap labor aint skilled” was posted on X/Twitter by Evan Reinig on July 18, 2013.
   
     
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Shut up and listen!
@TheFitterSays
#WhyWIfight Because skilled labor isn’t cheap & cheap labor isn’t skilled.
11:06 PM · Jun 7, 2011
   
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Seven Pounds of Pressure
@sweetsoul76
And baby, we ain’t cheap!! RT @taylorjonathane: Cheap labor isn’t skilled….. And by the same token skilled labor isn’t cheap.
5:58 AM · Apr 22, 2012
   
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Jerzei Collie 🖤🩶🤍💜
@jcollie719
I just saw a button I totally agree with: “Cheap labor isn’t skilled. Skilled labor isn’t cheap.”
2:36 AM · May 20, 2012
   
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Vanessa
@DeathBedSally
Skilled labor isn’t cheap. Cheap labor isn’t skilled. #thingsireadonavan #lessonslearned
7:58 PM · Aug 31, 2012
   
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Skye Rench
@skyerench
Skilled labor isn’t cheap. Cheap labor isn’t skilled #truth
11:34 AM · Sep 20, 2012
   
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Christian
@Christian_Knows
Skilled labor isn’t cheap, and cheap labor isn’t skilled
12:30 PM · Nov 2, 2012
 
Newspapers.com
21 December 2012, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, “Friday conversation: Quality of life” by Tom Sabulis, pg. A18, col. 1:
Gerald Mack: (...) My great-grandfather always taught me, “Skilled labor isn’t cheap and cheap labor isn’t skilled.” God bless us union workers, because America needs us.
   
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apply liberally
@schtick_girl
Skilled labor isn’t cheap, and Cheap labor isn’t skilled….
(The saying is shown on a T-shirt.—ed.)
8:19 AM · Mar 26, 2013
     
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Josh
@JoshSstuart
Skilled labor ain’t cheap, cheap labor ain’t skilled.
8:11 PM · Jul 8, 2013
   
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Digital Headhunter
@saltyheadhuntr
Skilled labor ain’t cheap and cheap labor ain’t skilled.
8:17 PM · Jul 10, 2013
     
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Evan Reinig
@evan_reinig
Skilled labor aint cheap, and cheap labor aint skilled.
3:40 PM · Jul 18, 2013
 
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SD
@riggerx
Remember that “Skilled labor ain’t cheap and cheap labor ain’t skilled!” Workers are not the bad guys! #iacon2013 Unions make it better!
10:39 AM · Jul 24, 2013
   
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Erin M. Harris
@erinmharris
Just saw a guy wearing a shirt that says: “Skilled labor isn’t cheap. Cheap labor isn’t skilled.” I want to steal that. #designerproblems
1:05 PM · Aug 22, 2013
 
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𝙈𝙞𝙆𝙚 𝙈𝙘𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 🍥
@MiKeMcDnet
Cheap labor isn’t skilled; Skilled labor isn’t cheap.
@djpercent27 @sfissa #words2liveBy @hackmiami
(The saying is shown on a button.—e.)
3:00 PM · Sep 14, 2013
   
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Whither?
@hostisgift
Saw shirts that read “Skilled labor isn’t cheap, cheap labor isn’t skilled.” Disgusting
12:30 AM · Apr 30, 2016
   
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Dean Valli
@BigLugDisposal
Saw a shirt today that said “Skilled labor isn’t cheap, and cheap labor isn’t skilled”...love it!!!
12:39 AM · Jun 16, 2016 from North Vancouver, British Columbia
 
Google Books
Skilled Labor Isn’t Cheap Cheap Labor Isn’t Skilled
Union Worker Tradesman Gift
By Frozen Cactus Designs · 2019
     
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Ry Guy
@your_guy_RY
I need a shirt that says “skilled labor ain’t cheap and cheap labor ain’t skilled”. And then I also want to put that on my hat, pants, belt, socks and underwear just to help drive that message home when I’m talking about project cost with clients.
7:44 PM · Feb 10, 2022
 
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Mitch_Conner
@1Chelopez
Friend of mine got me a shirt that has the perfect saying. Cheap labor aint skilled, skilled labor aint cheap.
12:58 PM · May 24, 2023
 
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Robin ☭ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🖤🤍🐋
@eattherich73
My least favorite saying I see on union/labor shirts is “skilled labor isn’t cheap. cheap labor isn’t skilled.” All labor is skilled. Cheap labor is exploited labor and nothing more.
7:03 PM · Mar 27, 2022