wageworker
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We are the stanch upholders of every honest man, whether business man or wage-worker.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore
You know that when a man takes a job as a wage-worker, he enters into a contract to give something in return for a certain amount of money.
From The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg by Spargo, John
They do not serve as the medium of the social relation between wage-worker and capitalist which characterizes the capitalist system of production.
From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by Spargo, John
The wage-worker sells to the capitalist his labour-force for a certain daily sum.
From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence
The interest of the wage-worker, as wage-worker, is to receive the largest wage possible for the least number of hours spent in labor.
From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by Spargo, John
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