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

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

His father, Luis, an immigrant from Honduras, was a machinist.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

He is a thirty-four- year-old former machinist from Frederick County, Virginia.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly