machinist
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Joe Kostka, 71, a retired machinist who paints the trail markers, lined up with his 42-year-old son Tim, who flew in from North Carolina.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2025
“We rallied for each other, and we remembered to step up,” said the 32-year-old machinist.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
Mr Olander, a machinist who has worked at Boeing for 11 years, said he is striking because of Boeing’s refusal “to increase our wages along with the economy around us”.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024
The last Boeing machinist strike in 2008 lasted eight weeks, securing wage gains and a promise to outsource less plane manufacturing.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2024
A Renaissance man of the plains, he is a farmer, welder, businessman, machinist, ace mechanic, commodities speculator, licensed airplane pilot, computer programmer, electronics troubleshooter, video-game repairman.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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