machinist

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The Air Force veteran and union machinist told Romero he was mulling a run for public office.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

The story begins in Boston, at the close of the Civil War, when machinist Ira Steward penned a pamphlet called “The Eight Hour Movement.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

His father, Murry, was a musician and a machinist; his mother, Audree, a homemaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

All around him, workers are cutting the leather into the right shape to hand it to the machinist.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

His parents had been sharecroppers who moved north and became a machinist and a nurse.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times