autoworker
- noun
- /ˈɔːtoʊˌwɜrkər/
- For example, when the NAFTA agreement was under negotiation, U.S. autoworkers were concerned that their jobs would move to Mexico.
- autoworker unions
- retired autoworker
- American autoworker
Examples
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An autoworker often spends long hours working on the assembly line, ensuring each car meets safety standards.
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Robotics is not a new industry; any autoworker can attest to that.
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The original sample in the development of the scale consisted of 237 autoworkers employed in three different jobs.
Academic text (2003) -
The average wages of American autoworkers have been falling steadily since then, and those of similarly skilled Chinese workers have been rising.
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Teachers' unions (including other state government employee unions) and autoworkers' unions are some of the strongest in our nation; look at the results.
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Now consider how the United Auto Workers (UAW) -- the union representing the autoworkers in Detroit -- functions.
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First, in the auto industry, virtually all workers are unionized members of IG Metall, the German autoworkers' union.
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For example, the number of unionized steelworkers in the U.S. economy fell from just over 1 million in 1975 to 572,000 in 1985, and the number of unionized autoworkers declined from 974,000 in 1985 to 751,000 by 1995.
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Many autoworkers take pride in their ability to build high-quality vehicles.
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After years of dedication, he became a lead autoworker, overseeing the production of new models.
Synonyms
A person employed to do physical or routine jobs
A person who does hard physical work without special skills, often on building sites
A person who joins pieces of metal using heat
A person who works in a factory doing physical work on machines and assembly lines
A person who does physical jobs like building or fixing things
A person who works on an assembly line doing the same tasks
A person who does hard work using their hands
A person who joins metal parts by heating small points to melt them together
A person who does physical work with their hands
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word autoworker uses auto, from automobile, which means 'car', and worker, which means 'someone who works'. So an autoworker is a person who works making cars, often in a factory or on an assembly line.