laundry worker
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflaundryandworker
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laundry
noun
uk/ˈlɔːn.dri/us/ˈlɑːn.dri/
the dirty clothes and sheets that need to be, are being, or have ...
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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 oflaundryandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Alaundryworkerin my constituency is paid £2·98p an hour and has been threatened with a reduction in his pay.
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What if he had been alaundryworker?
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A great musical or other artist, for example, cannot be trans-, formed into alaundryworkerin five minutes.
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A womanlaundryworkerreceives £15 for a 40-hour week and an assistant in the retail trade averages £16 a week, while a dressmaker gets the grand sum of £18.
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On his return home, the former orphan and diaperlaundryworkerfound work again as a pilot.
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She worked as alaundryworkerat a young age, married and raised her own family.
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Laundryworkerunionization took a while to achieve, as it was impeded by anti-union tactics and the overall poverty of employees.
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Meals would be cooked, linen washed and clothes made and repaired by public caterers, laundry workers and needlewomen.
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The average earnings of laundry workers are low compared with the average for all industries.
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The health boards have made clear their willingness to make every effort to offer suitable alternative hospital employment to the laundry workers.
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The service is as dependent on its ancillary staff as it is on anyone: the laundry workers, hospital porters, ward orderlies, and so on.
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In fact, there are laundry workers employed in connection with the railway industry.
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They refer to laundry workers, agricultural workers and so forth.
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I am aware that there is a shortage of women laundry workers, and that it is particularly acute in certain areas.
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The laundry workers are among the lowest paid workers in the country.
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He has been talking about wages council employees, the laundry workers and so on.
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It seems that a further dispute has arisen because the laundry workers have been sent home without pay.
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Hospital laundry workers are covered.
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They found work as laundry workers, cooks, gardeners, houseboys, or as vegetable peddlers.
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