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laborer
low-skilled or unskilled worker in manual-labour occupations and industrial work; usually for a wage
- manual worker
- unskilled labor
- low-skilled labor
- low-skilled workers
- labourer
Statements
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The work ethic in industrial America, 1850-1920 / Daniel T. Rodgers. (English)
3. "Mechanicalized" Men / p.66 / Machines such ... By the same token, the economics of manufacturing focused invention not on the dullest or even the most machinelike jobs in a factory but on the most intricate and most expensive. (English)
We are all secretaries now (English)
A note of caution, though. Automation doesn’t always do away with the dull parts of people’s jobs and leave the best bits untouched. In the 19th century, for example, the economics of manufacturing “focused invention not on the dullest or even the most machine-like jobs in a factory but on the most intricate and most expensive”, writes Daniel T Rodgers in The Work Ethic in Industrial America. The complex motions of shoe peggers were automated quickly, for example, while people were left to feed materials to the machines. (English)
https://t.co/Tf2MR1e7dq (English)
ouvrière (French)
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obrera (Spanish)
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operaia (Italian)
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werkster (Dutch)
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Arbeiterin (German)
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obrera (Catalan)
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obrera (Asturian)
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operària (Catalan)
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عاملة (Arabic)
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operária (Portuguese)
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operária (Brazilian Portuguese)
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dělnice (Czech)
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dźěłaćerka (Upper Sorbian)
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פועלת שחורה (Hebrew)
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robotníčka (Slovak)
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operário (Portuguese)
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operário (Brazilian Portuguese)
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Arbeiter (German)
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פועל שחור (Hebrew)
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operaio (Italian)
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Workers
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Identifiers
Unskilled labor
Variants Laborers Low-skilled labor Low-skilled workers Broader Terms Labor
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Wikipedia(23 entries)
- arwiki عامل (مهنة)
- azwiki İşçi
- cawiki Obrer
- cswiki Nádeník
- cvwiki Тĕрлĕ ĕç тăвакан
- dewiki Arbeiter
- enwiki Laborer
- fawiki کارگر
- frwiki Ouvrier
- hiwiki श्रमिक
- itwiki Operaio
- lmowiki Uperari
- nnwiki Kroppsarbeidar
- pamwiki Talapagobra
- scnwiki Upiraiu
- simplewiki Laborer
- skwiki Robotník
- trwiki Emekçi
- ukwiki Різнороб
- viwiki Công nhân
- zh_min_nanwiki Kang-lâng
- zh_yuewiki 工廠工人
- zhwiki 工人