laborers

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Filipino laborers came to Mexico via colonialism, and adapted and adopted champoy with spices and chilies from Mexico to become chamoy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

"He should resign, damn it!" shouted the crowd of farmers, laborers, miners, transport workers and teachers who brought traffic to a halt on the streets of the Andean city.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Above the public library’s checkout desk is a mural of shirtless laborers toiling among smokestacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Picture, said Hutchcraft, laborers going up and down the rows with bags on their shoulders, picking orange fruit and filling them, and then lugging the bags to tubs at the ends of rows.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

With the rise of the Populist Party in 1892, farmers and laborers formed the first mass multiracial coalition in the country’s history.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson