the working class
Example Sentences
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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
My argument was that it was as undemocratic to specify that the leaders had to be from the working class as to declare that they should be bourgeois intellectuals.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
