autoworker

noun

au·​to·​work·​er ˈȯ-tō-ˌwər-kər How to pronounce autoworker (audio)
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: a person employed in the automobile manufacturing industry

Examples of autoworker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Still, the losses are less than the $1.6 billion that Anderson estimates the first week of last year’s autoworker strikes at General Motors (GM), Ford (F) and Stellantis (STLA) cost the economy. Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024 Trump had no campaign events scheduled Monday, but his campaign hosted a news briefing with autoworkers supporting Trump. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2024 Now a year later, there’s no doubt autoworkers at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, formerly Chrysler, are earning more money. Andrea Hsu, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024 In April, 4,300 workers at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee, became the first Southern autoworkers not working for one of the Detroit Three to win union representation. Nora Eckert and David Shepardson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for autoworker 

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Word History

Etymology

auto entry 1 + worker

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of autoworker was in 1901

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“Autoworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autoworker. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.

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