Over the years, I had to put up with politicians consistently calling my line of work low-skilled and, in fact, it was politicians dismissing the labour of low-waged workers as low-skilled and low-value that made me tune into local politics. I remember in 2011 watching the election results at the back of the cinema counter while the last film of the night was playing. I clearly remember seeing clips that night of the Winston Peterses and Bob Joneses of the world scapegoating immigrants for the housing crisis, for unemployment, and for inequality in general. While we were being blamed for buying up all the houses, we were also being blamed for bringing low-skilled, low-wage labour that didn't contribute to the economy—or so they claimed. 