autoworker

[ aw-toh-wur-ker ]

noun

1. a worker employed in the manufacture of automobiles, especially on the assembly line of an automobile plant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of autoworker¹

First recorded in 1940–45; auto- ² + worker

Example Sentences

He listed off three archetypes: “the autoworker in Michigan,” “the factory worker in Wisconsin,” and “the energy worker in Pennsylvania and Ohio.”

From Slate

“Yes, we’re Southern autoworkers, but we deserve autoworker pay,” Garrard said.

From Seattle Times

For example, at one auto plant in northern Mexico, a newly elected union got the minimum wage increased to about $14 a day, but that is still less than what a U.S. autoworker earns in an hour.

From Seattle Times

Other union representatives joining her will be Samantha Ervin-Upsher, a United Brotherhood of Carpenters apprentice, and Dawn Simms, a third-generation union autoworker.

From Seattle Times

Last fall, Tiffanie Simmons, a second-generation autoworker, endured a six-week strike at the Ford Motor factory just west of Detroit where she builds Bronco S.U.V.s.

From New York Times