machinist

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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

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

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

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

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

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

After saying that I was going to ask a Cavendish machinist to make models of the purines and pyrimidines, I remained silent, waiting for Bragg’s thoughts to congeal.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson