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While the independent committee supporting Coyne is backed by Local 89, a laborers union, Crosby has been endorsed by the city’s largest labor union — the Municipal Employees Association — and the region’s largest labor organization, the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council.—
David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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Only a few years ago, Black farm workers in the Delta settled lawsuits over claims white laborers from South Africa were paid more for the same work.— Drew Hawkins, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
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Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.— Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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Some of the routine tasks given to new hires are drudge work and not a learning experience.— Justin Hotard, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2025
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Suddenly three hours are gone and the fans are loitering around each chef’s station, ready to get their grub on.— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
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Foothills Brewing is downtown's largest and oldest brewpub and offers a full menu of pub grub.— Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026
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Hilgenberg and Voigt were business partners, Blair was Voigt’s racquetball partner and McNeill was Voigt’s workman’s compensation lawyer.— Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
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This game was all about Tarris’ workman-like performance.— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
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The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers.— Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025
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Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.— Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
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Where to eat and drink in Kansas City Barbecue Barbecue is an everyday affair in Kansas City: a workingman’s (and workmanlike) tradition that prioritizes adaptation over aesthetics.— Liz Cook, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Jan. 2026
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For the average farmer, the global financial crisis and the reaction to it crystalized the idea that an elite financial cabal was putting the interests of bankers above the interests of the workingman.— David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Navvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/navvy. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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