Collocations for worker - noun

good, hard | productive | fast, quick | methodical, steady | slow | core, key | full-time, part-time | permanent | casual
Casual workers are usually paid by the hour.

shift | migrant, seasonal | freelance | self-employed | paid | voluntary, volunteer | low-paid | redundant, unemployed | retired | female, male, woman | black, white | immigrant | fellow | average
One night in these expensive hotels costs around the average worker''s monthly wage.

skilled | unskilled | semi-skilled | blue-collar, manual | clerical, office, white-collar | professional | shop-floor | private-sector, public-sector | council, municipal | assembly-line, factory, manufacturing, production | construction | metal | maintenance | railway, transport | agricultural, farm, rural | care, community, health, healthcare, hospital, social, welfare, youth | rescue | aid, relief | charity | field, research | domestic | postal

employ, have | engage, hire, recruit, take on | dismiss, fire, lay off, make redundant, sack | exploit
The union accused the firm of exploiting its workers.

work | run sth, staff sth
The shop is staffed by one paid worker and three volunteers.

lose a job
400 workers have lost their jobs.

demand sth
Workers demanded fair wages and better working conditions.

vote
The workers voted for industrial action.

(be on) strike, walk out
The workers walked out last month after a failure to agree all the terms for the 110 lay-offs.

participation
worker participation in decision making

the exploitation of workers, workers'' demands, worker''s rights