shop floor

noun

1. the part of a factory housing the machines and men directly involved in production

2. 1. workers, esp factory workers organized in a union

   2. ( as modifier )

      shop-floor protest

Example Sentences

Industrial discipline migrated from shop floor to office desk.

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He will be succeeded by John Furner, a Walmart lifer who worked his way up from the shop floor and now serves as head of the company's US business.

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One employee at a major supplier based in the West Midlands told the BBC they were not expecting to be back on the shop floor until 29 September.

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Most designers learn their trade as apprentices or at fashion school - but Armani's education took place on the shop floor.

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But on the shop floor, they suspected something was not right.

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• personnel 
• workforce