the working class
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If we don’t tip service employees, it calls into question our respect for the working class and our commitment to decent, well-paid work.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
Mejia, a union organizer, ran on a platform of affordability for the working class, including increasing funding for child care and raising taxes on the highest earners.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Catholics have long served as a barometer of acceptance for newcomers and the working class.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Innovators and entrepreneurs such as Ford and George Pullman, discussed on visits to Detroit and Chicago, respectively, figure mainly as exploiters of the working class.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
If I am now a productive fake member of the working class, it’s because I haven’t been working, in any hard physical sense, long enough to have ruined my body.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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