Collocations withworker
These are words often used in combination withworker.
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agricultural worker
The male occupations had been associated primarily with the rural nature of the area (shepherd, agricultural worker, tenant farmer, quarry worker and driver).
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ambulance worker
No ambulance worker could buy a flat there on the wages he is paid.
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auto worker
It was this mass mobilisation that effectively challenged the attempts by employers to foster company consciousness and thereby divide auto workers.
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average worker
Average worker body sizes peaked in 1999 and fell slightly in 2001.
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bakery worker
For the bakery workers, the strategy was risky.
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blue-collar worker
For example, a healthy young blue-collar worker subsidizes a wealthy older manager who is a heavy user of medical services.
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civilian worker
Perhaps we should be thankful that the civilian worker is getting as much as that.
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clerical worker
Each lawmaker has six personal staffers, including a chauffeur, an attendant, and a clerical worker.
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construction worker
Their fathers' occupations, to give three examples, had been a construction worker, a carpenter and a caretaker.
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contract worker
To what extent is a worker known as a "contract worker" in the agricultural industry?
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dedicated worker
It is not possible in any walk of life to find a more loyal or dedicated worker than the miner.
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domestic worker
She had been a domestic worker until she was 65 years of age.
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educated worker
A revolution would require well-fed, educated workers with ample leisure time to study social questions.
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electrical worker
The third quotation comes from a councillor in my area, who is an efficient, skilful electrical worker, who is out of work.
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emergency worker
Emergency workers' cognitive appraisal and coping with traumatic events.
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expatriate worker
Supposing an expatriate worker goes abroad and lives there.
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experienced worker
I do not, however, speak in that guise, but only as an experienced worker in the field of minorities.
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factory worker
It is to be noted that the siblings or relatives are taken from the place of origin of the respective factory worker or the spouse.
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farm worker
Many of the participants were especially concerned about farm worker and farm family exposure to chemicals.
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federal worker
Injury due to hazardous chemical exposure, radiation, and other hazards permanently disable 100,000 federal workers each year.
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fellow worker
At the end of the meeting, concrete actions for behaving differently both as a group and as an individual practitioner with a client or fellow worker were outlined.
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female worker
For instance, in 1946 one specialized female worker earned practically the same as an unskilled worker.
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foreign worker
There is no differentiation whatever in favour of the foreign worker.
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foundry worker
Let me give as an example the case of a foundry worker who lost an eye as a result of a splash of molten metal.
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front-line worker
This seems of particular interest since none of the authorities studied devolved budgets to front-line workers.
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full-time worker
This is more marked in the female full-time worker subgroup.
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garment worker
While finishing high school, he worked as an elevator operator, porter and garment worker.
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hard worker
She, like him, was a prodigiously hard worker.
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hired worker
Organic producers needed more labor, especially hired workers, and used more lime, organic fertilizer and insect traps, while conventional producers used more synthetic inputs.
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hospital worker
One lady is a hospital worker, doing the essential work which we have been discussing today.
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humanitarian worker
In this context, it is pretty scandalous that a humanitarian worker should continue to be held prisoner.
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illegal worker
Article 3 also includes the requirement that there must be a possibility of imposing on the employer the cost of removal of an illegal worker.
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immigrant worker
Arnold's data focused only on assisted male and unmarried female immigrant workers and not simply all migrants.
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industrial worker
Their whole situation and relationship with their employer is different from that of an industrial worker.
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injured worker
Prior to this legislation, the death of an injured worker barred any recovery.
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laundry worker
A laundry worker in my constituency is paid £2·98p an hour and has been threatened with a reduction in his pay.
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low-income worker
Traditional welfare reform pathways will not guarantee the economic rights of former recipients and low-income workers.
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low-paid worker
Finally, on the issue of fairness, there is one glaring omission—that is the low-paid worker.
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low-wage worker
A large number of low-wage workers does not offer a basis for a sustained economic recovery.
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lower-paid worker
If we want to remove the injustice to the lower-paid worker, we have to move from a flat-rate national health contribution to an earnings-related contribution.
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maintenance worker
A maintenance worker unblocked it in the early hours of the morning, but the basin remained in a disgusting state until 3.30 in the afternoon.
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male worker
According to him, the balance wages of a male worker could amount to anything between 21 and 46 r. per year in economically good times.
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middle-aged worker
The effect of vesting on participation is comparatively minor for middle-aged workers who are beginning to accumulate retirement savings.
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migrant worker
Unable to find any gainful employment, he became a migrant worker.
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mill worker
At one time one could tell a jute mill worker in the street by the loudness of his voice.
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mine worker
He is a wee bit higher than the ordinary average mine worker.
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miracle worker
It is no miracle worker.
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municipal worker
The average for the municipal worker is £3·10.
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non-union worker
There is, therefore, no information on the average pay of a non-union worker and a worker who is a union member.
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ordinary worker
The greatest burden in putting the country right has been borne by the ordinary worker: let there be no doubt about that.
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outreach worker
The ethos of the outreach worker is brilliant and simple.
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part-time worker
There is also anxiety about the part-time worker.
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permanent worker
The other 377 permanent workers are divided among various activities on the cotton fields.
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plant worker
Questions may even be asked about chemicals which the plant worker does not necessarily know are dangerous.
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poll worker
Will the poll workers treat me respectfully?
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postal worker
Does he envisage them delivering the letter rather than the postal worker?
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production worker
These are the earnings of a full-time, adult production worker in manufacturing.
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productive worker
Perhaps these considerations make the reluctance of the senior worker more acceptable than in the case of the tax-averse highly productive worker.
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qualified worker
Obviously, its success will depend, in the main, upon the highly-trained and qualified worker, who will be, so to speak, the foundation of all the work that is being done.
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railroad worker
He spent his early life working as a barber, carpenter, canecutter, bartender, tailor, railroad worker and army stenographer.
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railway worker
One informant had to support herself and her offspring when her railway worker husband was also sponsoring children from his extended family.
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relief worker
Just think of that—one relief worker to supervise the relief of no fewer than 50,000 refugees.
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replacement worker
Furthermore, the employer retained the right to hire replacement workers, and individual strikers are allowed to resume work during the course of the strike.
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rescue worker
In another, they knew that every rescue worker was tainted with cancer.
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retired worker
However, his father, now a retired worker, has provided and furnished the house in which he lives at present.
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rural worker
Faced with the rise of an urban left and of a rural worker movement, conservatives developed their own initiatives to unite the peasantry.
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salaried worker
I should have thought the words "make arrangements" would cover both the voluntary and the salaried worker.
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seasonal worker
It is difficult to determine how much a seasonal worker works precisely : some may turn up one day and not the next.
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self-employed worker
It is in fact very difficult to control any kind of self-employed worker, artisan or small entrepreneur.
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semi-skilled worker
He was employed there first as an unskilled construction worker and, later, as a semi-skilled worker in the ironworks.
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shipyard worker
Is a banker a better person than a shipyard worker?
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skilled worker
The subject was apparently a skilled worker, so his wages were well above the average.
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steel worker
What about a miner or a steel worker who is injured at work but who could do a full-time sedentary job?
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striking worker
Many of my constituents would be pleased to earn the £55 a week that one striking worker recently considered derisory.
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temporary worker
The employer takes a temporary worker from an employment agency for that period.
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textile worker
You cannot judge on the same facts as applied to a docker and a textile worker.
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tireless worker
A tireless worker for scientific freedom and social justice, she travelled constantly throughout her life forming bridges between groups of scientists regardless of where they were.
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trained worker
In a multitude of cases this could be avoided if the elderly person could rely on a regular visit from a trained worker.
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transport worker
It was a question on this very important point of the welfare of the transport worker.
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undocumented worker
Kerik stated that he had unknowingly hired an undocumented worker as a nanny and housekeeper.
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unemployed worker
That is the machinery by which the direction reaches an unemployed worker.
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union worker
I am going to quote a trade union worker to show what he says about it.
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unionized worker
It measures the percentage of unionized workers in the whole labour force.
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unpaid worker
Unpaid workers have zero earnings, and although their work is valuable, it is hard to estimate its true value.
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unskilled worker
For instance, in 1946 one specialized female worker earned practically the same as an unskilled worker.
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urban worker
Did he mean that the urban worker is paid too low wages and is unable to pay the price he ought to pay for agricultural products?
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utility worker
It is stated that this strike is not anti-foreign; it includes public utility workers.
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volunteer worker
That is only one category of temporary volunteer worker.
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wage worker
The remuneration of the wage worker converged with that of the entrepreneur.
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welfare worker
A welfare worker said ' you'll see a lot of loneliness here, a lot of problems ', and they were evident.
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white-collar worker
Bretons in this mixed-class area nonetheless included railway workers, shopkeepers and the occasional male white-collar worker.
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worker ant
The length of a worker ant in this species is around 10-11 millimetres.
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worker productivity
The free lavatory was thus seen as contributing to a decrease in worker productivity; unregulated and widely accessible, it could distract workers from their responsibilities.
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worker protection
Prospective proponents of universal worker protection policy retreated, conceding business prerogatives in the labor market.
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worker safety
Improvements in mechanization, particularly of power sources and harvest equipment, reduce labor requirements and increase productivity and worker safety.
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worker training
Industrialists, though, viewed poaching as an attractive alternative to more costly and time-consuming investment in worker training.
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youth worker
Of course, the social youth worker is not a new idea.
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