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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
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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)
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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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ouvrier (French)
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