Andrea Junker 
On this May Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
Rosy@Strandjunker what do you mean by "invisible" labor?
foundseed@lalah @Strandjunker labor rendered invisible is often domestic, janitorial, maintenance, or co-ordinative in nature. Work that doesn't get seen, literally, but also is kept from the public eye and intentionally devalued.
@foundseed @Strandjunker in what way are those jobs unseen? go to any large building and you'll see janitors, etc working
@lalah @Strandjunker
Here is the definition of the phrase:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_labor
Here's an article that goes more into depth on what it looks like:
https://mashable.com/article/what-is-invisible-labor
A lot of extra labor was created in order to keep people safe. Deeper cleaning procedures, new lab projects, more thought needed for grocery co-ordination. That all had to be done by someone, and it often was foisted off into those already doing labor rendered invisible.
@foundseed @Strandjunker invisible to clueless wealthy urbanites maybe, not to the common person
@lalah @Strandjunker honey, how do I get across to you that the phrase isn't literal? Someone sees the kitchen is clean, someone eats food that is prepared, someone throws paper into an emptied basket, someone opens a door that works. do they see who did that labor? think about the person do did that task? No. They go about their day, taken care of by laborers rendered invisible to them. Rendered invisible by being devalued, underpaid, and disenfranchised. Prison labor comes to mind.
@foundseed workers see other workers, I don't know anyone who is unaware that kitchens do not magically clean themselves.