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A roughneck is a person whose occupation is hard manual labor. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with the workers on a drilling rig. The ideal of the hard-working, tough roughneck has been adopted by several sports teams who use the phrase as part of their name or logo.
' coolie work ') refers to back-breaking, repetitive work. In Sri Lanka, kuliwada is the Sinhala term for manual labour. Also, kuli (e.g. kuliyata) means working for a fee, notably instant (cash) payment (and not salaried). It is used in a derogatory or jesting manner to signify biased action or support (e.g. "Kuliyata andanawa" means "Crying ...
Hard yakka, a term meaning "hard work" in Australian English and New Zealand English; Hard Yakka, an Australian clothing company named after the term; A Lot of Hard Yakka, autobiography by English cricketer journalist Simon Hughes; Yaca (disambiguation) Yacca (disambiguation) Yacker, a creature in the video game Sonic Colors; Yaka (disambiguation)
This can become a toxic and dangerous brew of unplanned work that slides forward on the blood and sweat of hard-working laborers—injury rates often soar. The value of work put in place by laborers and the value of avoided rework and increased efficiencies produced by the engineers' planning is a balance of resource utilization on any large ...
worker Another term for professional wrestler. Often used in the context of describing in-ring skill level (e.g., "He is a good/bad worker"), or when contrasting a wrestler primarily known with their in-ring abilities with others better known for their size or personality (e.g., "He is the worker of the group"). workrate
The phrase "hardworking families" or "working families" is an example of a glittering generality in contemporary political discourse.It is used in the politics of the United Kingdom and of the United States, and was heavily used by the political parties in the campaign of the 2005 United Kingdom general election and the 2007 Australian federal election where the Rudd Labor Party used the term ...
In an open letter to Merriam-Webster, McDonald's CEO, James Cantalupo denounced the definition as a "slap in the face" to all restaurant employees, and stated that "a more appropriate definition of a 'McJob' might be 'teaches responsibility'". Merriam-Webster responded that "[they stood] by the accuracy and appropriateness of [their] definition."
A pink-collar worker is also a member of the working class who performs in the service industry. They work in positions such as waiters, retail clerks, salespersons, certain unlicensed assistive personnel, and many other positions involving relations with people. The term was coined in the late 1970s as a phrase to describe jobs that were ...