How to Use autoworker in a Sentence

autoworker

noun
  • Autoworkers used to have a lot of great-paying jobs building cars.
    — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 22 June 2017
  • Of course, many autoworkers gladly drive the house brand out of loyalty.
    — Popular Mechanics, 4 July 2017
  • In the summer of 2023, autoworkers went on strike for six weeks.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Those cars were largely produced abroad, where wages for autoworkers are cheaper.
    — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Walz implored the autoworkers to spread the word about what Democrats have done for working people.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The last autoworkers strike was also against GM, and lasted three days.
    — Brenna Cammeron, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
  • During a heat wave, hundreds of autoworkers died in plants in Michigan.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • But whether the thousands of autoworkers in Greater Cleveland will strike is still not clear.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Families were torn apart as unemployed autoworkers sought work out of town.
    — Bob Kustra and The Reader’s Corner Team, idahostatesman, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The big contract gains are spilling over to benefit non-unionized autoworkers, too.
    — Wali Khan, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • And thank you to the autoworkers of our nation for your inspiring vote of confidence.
    — Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Many striking autoworkers are already back on the job and will be reflected in next month’s data.
    — Christine Romans, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The importance of autoworkers in this election cycle has been on display for some time.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024
  • Nearly 5,000 autoworkers have been laid off since the strike began last month.
    — Rebecca Angelo, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And Hawley joined strike lines with autoworkers and Teamsters.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • But pay is not the only issue for many autoworkers in Alabama.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • The autoworkers were intent on getting a bigger share of the gains the company has made since its bankruptcy a decade ago.
    — Erin Kirkland, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Johnson recalled that his father was an autoworker and pointed out that there were 32 days left before the election.
    — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The strike has been strategic and targeted, and the majority of unionized autoworkers remain on the job.
    — Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Although not a record, that amount of profit is much better than the past few decades, when automakers were building more cars and employing far more autoworkers.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 3 Sep. 2019
  • An autoworker in Michigan no longer had to foot the bill for a hedge fund manager in New Jersey to write off his state tax bill.
    — Daniel Bunn, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The only criteria is the autoworker must either live in Detroit or work in Detroit.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2021
  • But, unlike with rail and airline workers, the president doesn't have the authority to order autoworkers to stay on the job.
    — Tom Krisher and David Koenig The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The General Motors strike could affect far more than the autoworkers and the company.
    — Alex Connor, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The third- and second-generation autoworkers met on the job and got married in 2019.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But repos soared on bad news, such as with the loss of 1,500 autoworker jobs in Lordstown, Ohio, announced this year.
    — Todd C. Frankel, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • His visit to Michigan during the UAW strike featured a rally with autoworkers at a nonunion shop.
    — Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • In the United States, the striking autoworkers have been pushing for a wage increase of 36 percent over a new four-year contract.
    — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • In China, autoworkers in Shanghai – among the most expensive labor markets in the country – earn salaries of just $6 an hour.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The autoworkers union has long had its sights on other carmakers beyond Detroit's Big Three, and those companies are aware of that fact.
    — Marley Jay, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023

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