factory worker / labourer
operai
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Feminine: 'operaia'. Italy's industrial heartland (the 'Triangolo industriale': Milan, Turin, Genoa) built on this workforce.
Gli operai lavorano in fabbrica otto ore al giorno.
The factory workers work in the factory eight hours a day.
Mio nonno era operaio alla FIAT.
My grandfather was a factory worker at FIAT.