shop floor

British  

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

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Example Sentences

Industrial discipline migrated from shop floor to office desk.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From BBC

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.

From BBC

The acute sense of social direction came from Armani's early experience on the shop floor of that Milanese department store.

From BBC

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

From BBC

Related Words

• labor pool
• personnel
• workforce