machinist

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Joe Kostka, 71, a retired machinist who paints the trail markers, lined up with his 42-year-old son Tim, who flew in from North Carolina.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2025

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

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

“We rallied for each other, and we remembered to step up,” said the 32-year-old machinist.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

The last Boeing machinist strike in 2008 lasted eight weeks, securing wage gains and a promise to outsource less plane manufacturing.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2024

He moved from a custodial job to one in a factory as a machinist.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson