working class

Example Sentences

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With five months to go before the general election, there’s plenty of time for Platner to soothe any misgivings and re-up his promise to fight for the Maine working class.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

“Additionally, today, him being here at a labor union and advocating for the working class and labor, I think, is very important.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The daughter of a Spanish father and a Nigerian mother, Lopez was born in 2006 in the tight-knit working class Madrid neighbourhood of Vallecas.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

He said that he wanted Labour to "be part of working class people".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

She was a child of the working class who, through ill-considered choices and circumstance, slipped into the welfare class and had to fight her way out.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times