industrial worker

collocation in English

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industrial
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindustrial worker

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I speak from experience as both anindustrialworkerand a participant in industrial management.
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In our opinion, a 48-hours week is long enough for anyindustrialworker.
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Noindustrialworkerwill get any benefit from it.
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Far larger than any otherindustrialworkerreceived.
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That is £38·70 less than that of the averageindustrialworker.
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That is true of everyindustrialworkerin the country.
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In our society theindustrialworker, the skilled artisan, the technician, has something to sell.
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Why should theindustrialworkerexpect the farm worker to subsidise his food?
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The farm-worker has not been paid a wage anything near that of theindustrialworker.
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There is a difference between the agricultural worker and theindustrialworker.
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In those changes theindustrialworkerhas to play his part.
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The average wage of theindustrialworkeris £23 a week.
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They have become rather like any otherindustrialworker.
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I know of noindustrialworkerwho is anxious to jeopardise employment.
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But in the case of the unprivilegedindustrialworkerall these compensations are wanting.
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That means that theindustrialworkeris paying these increases twice over.
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If that be so, then theindustrialworkerthinks in exactly the same way.
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It is of course easy to criticise theindustrialworker.
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Their whole situation and relationship with their employer is different from that of anindustrialworker.
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