working class
Wage earners collectively
Working class describes people who earn wages through manual or industrial labor rather than professional or salaried positions.
The term often implies economic vulnerability and less formal education: a working-class neighborhood, working-class values.
As a noun, the working class is this group collectively, sometimes invoked in political contexts emphasizing labor rights or economic inequality.
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
exploitation · means of production · collectivism · revolution · capitalism · ideology · egalitarianism · solidarity
Disparity in earnings distribution
- povertySevere lack of resources
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- living wageIncome covering necessities
- paycheck to paycheckNo savings between wages
affordable housing · social mobility · underemployment · welfare · public housing · food insecurity · economic hardship · rent burden
Industrial production facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- millGrain-crushing facility
- foundryMetal casting facility
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
machinery · production · steelwork · shipbuilding · automotive · fabrication · warehouse · meatpacking
Skilled manual laborer
- mechanicVehicle maintenance professional
- electricianWiring installation specialist
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- welderOne who fuses metals
machinist · carpenter · miner · janitor · truck driver · housekeeper · cashier · farmhand
Joining into one
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
community · fellowship · mutual aid · camaraderie · coalition · collective action · labor organizing · picket line
Licensed drinking establishment
- dinerCasual American eatery
- bowling alleyPin-knocking establishment
- localOf this area
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
tenement · row house · council estate · front porch · block party · potluck · church social · hometown
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
labor movement · exploitation · means of production · collectivism · revolution · capitalism · ideology · egalitarianism · solidarity · organizing
income inequality
Disparity in earnings distribution
- povertySevere lack of resources
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- living wageIncome covering necessities
paycheck to paycheck · affordable housing · social mobility · underemployment · welfare · public housing · food insecurity · economic hardship · rent burden · uninsured
factory
Industrial production facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- millGrain-crushing facility
- foundryMetal casting facility
assembly line · machinery · production · steelwork · shipbuilding · automotive · fabrication · warehouse · meatpacking · textile mill
tradesperson
Skilled manual laborer
- mechanicVehicle maintenance professional
- electricianWiring installation specialist
- plumberWater system tradesperson
welder · machinist · carpenter · miner · janitor · truck driver · housekeeper · cashier · farmhand · security guard
union
Joining into one
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
cooperation · community · fellowship · mutual aid · camaraderie · coalition · collective action · labor organizing · picket line · shop steward
pub
Licensed drinking establishment
- dinerCasual American eatery
- bowling alleyPin-knocking establishment
- localOf this area
neighborhood · tenement · row house · council estate · front porch · block party · potluck · church social · hometown · family business
- classessuperclass, underclass, caste, tier
- social classstratum, bourgeoisie, proletariat, underclass, elite
- social classesnobles, aristocrats, underclass, peasants, elite
- social rankstatus, rank, nobility, peerage, caste
- American SocialismSocialist Party, democratic socialism, Bernie Sanders, Sanders, socialist
- British Classaristocrats, gentry, peerage, commoners, nobility
working classupper class
Wealthiest societal stratum
wealthy · ruling class · elite · the rich · upper crust
working classbourgeoisie
Capitalist ownership class
capital · industrialists · employers · business owners · proprietors
working classhigh society
The social elite
upper crust · gentry · intelligentsia · blue blood · jet set
work, class, worker, working, works, workers, worked, classified, classify