autoworker
Detroit plant employee
An autoworker is a person employed in automobile manufacturing—typically in factories that assemble cars, trucks, or their component parts.
The term often appears in discussions of labor unions, trade policy, and industrial economics: The autoworkers went on strike for better wages.
Also spelled as two words: auto worker.
Original parts producer
- supplierSource of goods
- powertrainVehicle propulsion system
- dealershipLicensed retail seller
- aftermarketTrade in replacement parts
Detroit · transplant · retooling · recall
Compensation for labor
- shiftMovement or work period
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- wagesPayment for work
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
pension · supervisor · workplace · blue-collar · layoff · retirement · full-time · seniority
Industrial production facility
- productionMaking or generating something
- machinistMetal parts fabricator
- welderOne who fuses metals
- technicianSkilled practical worker
operator · toolmaker · inspector · fabricator · stamping · foundry · forge · lathe
Mechanism that transports items
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- stationFixed stopping point
- chassisStructural support base
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
bolting · fitting · installation · components · torque · workstation · blueprint · specifications
Vehicle manufacturing union
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- solidarityUnity among allies
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
arbitration · contract · negotiation · dues · ratify · local · brotherhood · federation
Automaton design field
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- programmingWriting software instructions
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- technologyApplied scientific methods
digitalization · mechatronics · reskilling · displacement · upskilling · retooling · transition · adaptation
OEM
Original parts producer
- supplierSource of goods
- powertrainVehicle propulsion system
- dealershipLicensed retail seller
aftermarket · Detroit · transplant · retooling · recall
paycheck
Compensation for labor
benefits · pension · supervisor · workplace · blue-collar · layoff · retirement · full-time · seniority · severance
factory
Industrial production facility
- productionMaking or generating something
- machinistMetal parts fabricator
- welderOne who fuses metals
technician · operator · toolmaker · inspector · fabricator · stamping · foundry · forge · lathe · press
conveyor
Mechanism that transports items
welding · bolting · fitting · installation · components · torque · workstation · blueprint · specifications · ergonomics
UAW
Vehicle manufacturing union
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- solidarityUnity among allies
grievance · arbitration · contract · negotiation · dues · ratify · local · brotherhood · federation · walkout
robotics
Automaton design field
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- programmingWriting software instructions
- efficiencyProductive without waste
technology · digitalization · mechatronics · reskilling · displacement · upskilling · retooling · transition · adaptation · monitoring
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- factory workersfactory hand, machine operator, assembler, welder, machinist
- automakingassembly line, car factory, production line, final assembly, paint shop
- union jobssteelworker, teamster, longshoreman, electrician, plumber
- MidwesternersOhioan, Iowan, Kansan, Nebraskan, Minnesotan
- union workersunion activist, union rep, trade unionist, unionist, shop steward
autoworkerfarmworker
Agricultural labor employee
agricultural worker · office worker · knowledge worker · white-collar worker · software developer
autoworkerplant manager
Head of manufacturing facility
CEO · capitalist · management · industrialist · Henry Ford