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

Since our machinist needed at least three days merely to turn out the more simple phosphorus atoms, I went back to Clare after lunch to hammer out the final draft of my genetics manuscript.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson