How to Use autoworker in a Sentence

autoworker

noun
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  • But whether the thousands of autoworkers in Greater Cleveland will strike is still not clear.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The new union got the minimum increased to about $14 per day, but that's still less than a U.S. autoworker earns in an hour.
    — Mark Stevenson, ajc, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The autoworkers at Toledo are some of the members who have been on strike the longest -- since the earliest hours of Sept. 15.
    — Breana Noble The Detroit News (tns), Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The last autoworkers strike was also against GM, and lasted three days.
    — Brenna Cammeron, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
  • 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, 16 May 2018
  • Nearly 5,000 autoworkers have been laid off since the strike began last month.
    — Rebecca Angelo, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • An autoworker in Michigan no longer had to foot the bill for a hedge fund manager in New Jersey to write off his state tax bill.
    — Daniel Bunn, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Kennedy gave his last year from a tech school that trains autoworkers, while ex-Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear went to a diner in coal country to make his pitch.
    — Tamar Hallerman, The Seattle Times, 5 Feb. 2019
  • During a heat wave, hundreds of autoworkers died in plants in Michigan.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The third- and second-generation autoworkers met on the job and got married in 2019.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In the United States, the striking autoworkers have been pushing for a wage increase of 36 percent over a new four-year contract.
    — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The autoworkers were intent on getting a bigger share of the gains the company has made since its bankruptcy a decade ago.
    — Erin Kirkland, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
  • His visit to Michigan during the UAW strike featured a rally with autoworkers at a nonunion shop.
    — Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Many striking autoworkers are already back on the job and will be reflected in next month’s data.
    — Christine Romans, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The big contract gains are spilling over to benefit non-unionized autoworkers, too.
    — Wali Khan, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The General Motors strike could affect far more than the autoworkers and the company.
    — Alex Connor, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Speaking of progress, autoworkers at General Motors approved a deal to end their 40-day strike and the first workers were back on the job this weekend.
    — Charlotte Cowles, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
  • The strike has been strategic and targeted, and the majority of unionized autoworkers remain on the job.
    — Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The only criteria is the autoworker must either live in Detroit or work in Detroit.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2021
  • But, unlike with rail and airline workers, the president doesn't have the authority to order autoworkers to stay on the job.
    — Tom Krisher and David Koenig The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The autoworkers union has long had its sights on other carmakers beyond Detroit's Big Three, and those companies are aware of that fact.
    — Marley Jay, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Today’s autoworkers scoff at E.V.s as luxury items for people with three-car garages.
    — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Families were torn apart as unemployed autoworkers sought work out of town.
    — Bob Kustra and The Reader’s Corner Team, idahostatesman, 26 Jan. 2018
  • His visit to Michigan during the UAW strike featured a rally with autoworkers at a nonunion shop, as union leaders warned the former president to stay away.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Although not a record, that amount of profit is much better than the past few decades, when automakers were building more cars and employing far more autoworkers.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The unions called in the National Mediation Board because airline employees do not have the right to strike like autoworkers do.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Trump also has argued that autoworkers will lose their jobs because of the new standards as China dominates the EV market.
    — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
  • 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, 29 May 2018
  • Curtis Chin was only a child when a close family friend, Vincent Chin, was murdered by racist autoworkers.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Paul Wilson, a former autoworker and registered Democrat, made up his mind months ago.
    — Jazmine Ulloa, latimes.com, 22 May 2018

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