laborer
Example Sentences
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Day laborers, many of them immigrants, have gathered there for years looking for temporary construction work.
While the arrests have brought attention to California’s field workers and day laborers, Limón said students and others also need a pathway to citizenship.
From Los Angeles Times
The day laborers who used to gather there for years weren’t around.
From Los Angeles Times
One of the leaders, Catarino, spoke with multiple day laborers in Bakersfield who couldn’t afford food, let alone warm jackets during the harsh winter.
From Los Angeles Times
As in the U.S., many gig laborers say they still prefer their work to other options.
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