autoworker
noun
au·to·work·er
ˈȯ-tō-ˌwər-kər 
ˈä-
: a person employed in the automobile manufacturing industry
Examples of autoworker in a Sentence
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Over 1,000 workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory have signed on to Fain’s campaign to unionize every autoworker outside Detroit.
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
In a statement, the UAW wrote the election at Volkswagen marks the latest breakthrough in its national movement of nonunion autoworkers organizing to join the UAW.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
Trump’s visit to Michigan during the UAW strike in the fall featured a rally with autoworkers at a nonunion shop, while Biden joined striking workers on a picket line, becoming the first sitting president to do so.
—Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
Trump also has argued that autoworkers will lose their jobs because of the new standards as China dominates the EV market.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
Striking autoworkers made headlines by demanding the return of traditional pensions for some workers.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
The third- and second-generation autoworkers met on the job and got married in 2019.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
The autoworkers union said that Wednesday’s tentative deal addressed issues related to health, safety, and skilled trades jobs at Kentucky Truck.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
For example, the three labor deals at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis that ended the six-week strike by up to 50,000 autoworkers last fall will run through April 30, 2028.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
In a statement, the UAW wrote the election at Volkswagen marks the latest breakthrough in its national movement of nonunion autoworkers organizing to join the UAW.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
Trump’s visit to Michigan during the UAW strike in the fall featured a rally with autoworkers at a nonunion shop, while Biden joined striking workers on a picket line, becoming the first sitting president to do so.
—Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
Trump also has argued that autoworkers will lose their jobs because of the new standards as China dominates the EV market.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
Striking autoworkers made headlines by demanding the return of traditional pensions for some workers.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
The third- and second-generation autoworkers met on the job and got married in 2019.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
The autoworkers union said that Wednesday’s tentative deal addressed issues related to health, safety, and skilled trades jobs at Kentucky Truck.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
For example, the three labor deals at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis that ended the six-week strike by up to 50,000 autoworkers last fall will run through April 30, 2028.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
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