steelworker
noun
steel·work·er
ˈstēl-ˌwər-kər 
: a person who works in steel and especially in the manufacturing of it
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His father was a steelworker and his mother a live-in domestic who saw Michals and his brother only on weekends.
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News Desk, Artforum, 12 June 2026
My ambivalence comes from my own union experiences as a young, long-ago steelworker; as a middle-aged adjunct faculty member; and briefly, in my — gasp — old age, as a retail worker.
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
From steelworkers to autoworkers to teachers, organized labor understood that Social Security was necessary but not sufficient.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
Terms of the agreement have not been announced, and NIPSCO said the steelworkers will remain locked out of their jobs until the contract is ratified.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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News Desk, Artforum, 12 June 2026
My ambivalence comes from my own union experiences as a young, long-ago steelworker; as a middle-aged adjunct faculty member; and briefly, in my — gasp — old age, as a retail worker.
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
From steelworkers to autoworkers to teachers, organized labor understood that Social Security was necessary but not sufficient.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
Terms of the agreement have not been announced, and NIPSCO said the steelworkers will remain locked out of their jobs until the contract is ratified.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Steelworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steelworker. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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