metalworker
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metalworkers
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He worked as a shoeshine boy and peanut vendor before becoming a metalworker and trade unionist.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Mario Di Costanzo, the head of leftist metalworker union FIOM's branch in Pomigliano, told Reuters that production halted almost entirely on Wednesday and suffered further stoppages for several hours on Thursday and on Friday.
From Reuters ● May 12, 2023
"It's crazy, it's incredible, it's the best thing that can happen to you in life," said Matias Gomez, 25, a metalworker.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2022
Pressed for money, he became a metalworker at age 14 in the metropolis’ gritty outskirts.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
Discovering that Bert had valuable experience as a metalworker, he pulled Bert from the line, separating him from his parents.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Paul comes from a long line of metalworkers going back "hundreds of years".
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
Industries of textiles, or metalworkers making nails and scythes, were shaped like "factories without machines spread out over hundreds of households" according to Shaw-Taylor -- and increasingly produced goods for international markets.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
The Iron Monkey metalworkers are known for the multistory apparitions they conjure every year, haul to Burning Man and set on fire.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Hummes soon began visiting the metalworkers who were organizing strikes in defiance of the military regime, demanding better wages and greater freedom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
European metalworkers tended to create metal objects by pouring molten alloys into shaped molds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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