worker
/ˈwɜr kər/
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Definition(s):
- (n) a person who works at a specific occupation
- (n) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
- (n) sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
- (n) a person who acts and gets things done
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Usage(s):
- Bolivia's sex workers refuse to report for disease detection, demanding protection from harassment.
- About two-thirds of restaurant workers are foreign born, and increasingly, they're from Central and South America.
- It's not just low wages, but environmental hazards and labor-law violations that afflict workers on the bottom rungs.
Quotes
- "This is an employer-employee wage dispute," Danny Jordaan, head of the tournament's local organizing committee said in a statement distributed in Cape Town today. "Although we have respect for worker rights, we find it unacceptable for them...on Jun 14, 2010 By: Danny Jordaan Source: BusinessWeek
- Of his hard labor sentence, Chris tells Larry, "everything comes with consequences. They want me to pick up trash remove graffiti: I'ma hard worker. It's something I'm willing to do."on Aug 31, 2009 By: Chris Brown Source: OK! Magazine
- "These workers deserve their wages, deserve fair notice, deserve health security," Jackson said. "This may be the beginning of long struggle of worker resistance finally."on Dec 7, 2008 By: Jesse Jackson Source: ABC News
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