millworker
Textile plant hand
A millworker is someone employed in a mill, typically a factory where raw materials are processed or manufactured goods are produced.
The term most commonly refers to workers in textile mills, paper mills, or steel mills, though it applies broadly to any mill-based industry.
Millworkers historically formed a significant part of the industrial labor force, particularly during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Three generations of her family were millworkers in the cotton industry.
Fabric-making frame
- spindleRotating rod for thread
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- fabricWoven or knit material
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
thread · cotton · wool · silk · bobbin · shuttle · warp · weft
Industrial production facility
- workforceAll available workers
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
- shiftMovement or work period
- unionJoining into one
foreman · overtime · paycheck · strike · layoff · seniority · grievance · steward
loom
Fabric-making frame
yarn · thread · cotton · wool · silk · bobbin · shuttle · warp · weft · dyeing
factory
Industrial production facility
- workforceAll available workers
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
- shiftMovement or work period
union · foreman · overtime · paycheck · strike · layoff · seniority · grievance · steward · rank-and-file
timber
Wood for construction
logs · boards · planks · woodchip · cutting · stacking · grading · bandsaw · edger · debarker
foundry
Metal casting facility
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
ladle · ingot · billet · puddler · roller · Pittsburgh · crucible · open-hearth · slag · tongs
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- laborerslaborers, day laborer, day labourer, day laborers, hired hands
- carpentersframer, joiner, finish carpenter, trim carpenter, cabinetmaker
- textile workerstailor, dressmaker, weaver, weavers, spinner
- tradespeopleelectrician, plumber, carpenter, painter, bricklayer
- woodworkerscabinetmaker, woodworker, carpenter, cabinet maker, joiner
millworkeroffice worker
Indoor professional employee
white-collar worker · executive · bureaucrat · administrator · office clerk
millworkerindustrialist
Major manufacturing business owner
capitalist · proprietor · employer · boss · management