autoworker

noun au·to·work·er \ ˈȯ-tō-ˌwər-kər , ˈä- \

|Updated on: 22 Jul 2018

Definition of autoworker

: a person employed in the automobile manufacturing industry

Recent Examples of autoworker from the Web

Jewell is not among the seven people charged so far in the case, in which prosecutors say Fiat Chrysler Automobiles funneled money meant for autoworker training to UAW officers in an effort to influence contract negotiations.

— phoebe wall howard, Detroit Free Press, "Incoming UAW boss was aboard $1,600 bus ride cited in scandal," 20 Apr. 2018
Paul Wilson, a former autoworker and registered Democrat, made up his mind months ago.

— jazmine ulloa, latimes.com, "Why these 2 California Republicans just keep winning," 22 May 2018
Many labor experts believe that’s cost almost as many autoworkers their jobs than jobs’ migration to lower labor cost countries.

— ed wallace, star-telegram, "Myths and Numbers," 17 June 2018
Dominique Morisseau’s play looks back on the 2008 economic crisis through the eyes of Detroit autoworkers who no longer take each paycheck for granted.

— amy wang | the oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, "What we're looking forward to in Portland's 2018-2019 arts season," 29 May 2018
But repos soared on bad news, such as with the loss of 1,500 autoworker jobs in Lordstown, Ohio, announced this year.

— todd c. frankel, chicagotribune.com, "Riding with the repo man: as auto loan defaults rise, car repossessions skyrocket," 16 May 2018
Wochit Another Fiat Chrysler executive has been charged in the ongoing UAW-Fiat Chrysler scandal that involves union and automotive officials cheating thousands of autoworkers out of $4.5 million in training funds.

— tresa baldas, Detroit Free Press, "Fiat Chrysler exec charged in FCA-UAW scandal," 4 Apr. 2018
Car museums tend to sprout in or near the cities where autoworkers once toiled, places such as Kalamazoo, Lansing and Ypsilanti.

— jay jones, chicagotribune.com, "Motor to Michigan for a vintage-auto-inspired road trip to these 3 museums," 30 Apr. 2018
Yet auto manufacturing jobs continue to shrink as companies automate and build plants outside the U.S. Asian and European automakers and suppliers, which employ more than half the autoworkers in this country, have kept unions out of U.S. plants.

— phoebe wall howard, Detroit Free Press, "UAW moves beyond auto industry to colleges, expands by nearly 70K members," 19 Feb. 2018

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