worker
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈwɜrkər/
:
trabajador
- Many workers protested for better wages and safer working conditions outside the factory.
- workers' unions
- wage workers
- displaced workers
And we punish the workers that start unions, right?
- And we punish the workers that start unions, right?
- School seems to make the modern worker in a way that non school doesn't.
- We broke voice and power among workers, and we shipped the jobs away.
- I was struck, The head of the United Auto Workers praised it to high heaven.
- And I was told that only sex workers could speak about sex workers rights.
- We need, we need to give restore more leverage to workers from from employers.
- Many governments do not recognize domestic workers as workers.
- Same is true for apples or sweatshops, textile worker meals in California.
- Because you are retired worker, you have a salary.
Examples
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Eventually attracting new workers to move here became impossible.
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The most common complaints among the workers were backache, shoulder pain, and wrist or hand pain.
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So what what does the worker want in this?
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So even the summer boy workers knew about it before me.
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And whenever possible, workers worked less, a lot less.
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You have an employer and a worker and they make their own deal.
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Of course half of the workers must be Italian.
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And so they asked hospital workers how they define their jobs.
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It just took some pressure from the workers to force their hand.
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The worker is not cheated, the worker is exploited.
Synonyms
2
7.4
A person who works for wages and does not own property
Compounds
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1.7
A person who builds and fixes buildings, roads and other large structures at work sites
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1.3
A person who works in a factory doing physical work on machines and assembly lines
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6.7
A person people believe causes amazing events like healings that others cannot explain
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3.2
A person who works only at certain times of the year, for example during harvest or holiday seasons
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3.3
A person who helps hospital patients with emotional, family, and practical needs
- Specialized
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3.4
A person who runs or fixes machines at a power station that makes electricity
A person who has a disability and works or looks for work, bringing different skills
How Working-Class
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Worker also came to mean the group of people who do paid manual or factory jobs when factories grew. So in politics 'workers' often means the working class, the people who do much of the physical work in society.