industrial worker, n.All

Industrial worker (n.) was, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in the eyes of early American labor, a person in decline — robbed of dignity, independence and self-respect by the new values of capital.