- worker
- nounADJECTIVE▪ good, hard, willing▪ productive▪ fast, quick▪ methodical, steady▪ slow▪ core, key▪ full-time, part-time▪ permanent▪ temporary▪ casual▪
Casual workers are usually paid by the hour.
▪ shift▪ migrant, seasonal▪ freelance▪ self-employed▪ paid, salaried▪ voluntary (BrE), volunteer▪ low-paid, low-wage (esp. AmE), minimum-wage (AmE)▪ jobless (AmE), laid-off, redundant (BrE), unemployed▪ retired▪ female, male, woman▪ black, white▪ guest, immigrant▪ illegal, undocumented (AmE)▪ fellow▪ average▪One night in these hotels costs around the average worker's monthly wage.
▪ skilled▪ low-skilled (AmE), unskilled▪ semi-skilled▪ blue-collar, manual▪ clerical, office, white-collar▪ professional▪ shop-floor▪ unionized▪ non-union▪ private-sector, public-sector▪ council (BrE), municipal▪ assembly-line, factory, garment (esp. AmE), industrial, manufacturing, mill, production▪ construction▪ metal, steel, textile▪ auto (AmE), car▪ maintenance▪ transit (AmE), transport (esp. BrE), transportation (AmE)▪ rail, railroad (AmE), railway (BrE)▪ agricultural, farm, rural▪ health, health-care, hospital▪ care, childcare, community, day-care (AmE), home-care (AmE), outreach, social, welfare, youth▪ emergency, rescue▪ aid, humanitarian, relief▪ charity▪ field, research▪ domestic▪ postal▪ sanitation (AmE)VERB + WORKER▪ employ, have▪ pay▪ engage, hire, recruit, take on▪ dismiss, fire, lay off, make redundant (BrE), sack (esp. BrE)▪ exploit▪The union accused the company of exploiting its workers.
▪ educate, train▪ protect▪ organize, unionizeWORKER + VERB▪ labour/labor, toil (literary), work▪ earn sth▪These banana workers earn about $7 000 per year.
▪ run sth, staff sth▪The kitchen is staffed by three volunteers.
▪ lose a job▪400 workers have lost their jobs.
▪ commute▪88% of the workers commute by car.
▪ demand sth▪Workers demanded fair wages and better working conditions.
▪ vote▪The workers voted for strike action.
▪ (be on) strike, walk out▪The workers walked out last month after a failure to agree terms.
WORKER + NOUN▪ participation▪worker participation in decision-making
▪ productivity (AmE)▪ compensation (AmE)▪ protection, rights (both AmE)▪The public are demanding more worker protection.
PHRASES▪ the exploitation of workers▪ workers' demands, workers' rights
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
