unwaged

British

/ ʌnˈweɪdʒd /

adjective

of, relating to, or denoting a person who is not receiving pay because of either being unemployed or working in the home

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Full membership of the Labour Party costs £52 a year, although there are discounted rates for retired people, union members and the unwaged.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2022

Federici is a longtime advocate of the idea that domestic work is unwaged labor and was a founder of the Wages for Housework movement in the early 1970s.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2021

I want to play with makeup, yes, but I also want to go home at the end of my shift and live my unwaged life.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2018

By focusing on the unwaged, Wages for Housework revolutionises our idea of what work is, and who the working class are.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2012

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