Meaning of shockworker | Babel Free

Examples

“Communist subbotniki (Communist Volunteer Saturday Workers) were shockworkers who volunteered their free Saturdays for the Bolshevik cause.”

“Shockworkers undertook longer shifts and worked at a faster pace than ordinary workers, thereby exceeding production norms.”

“Resentment towards Stakhanovite ‘shockworkers’ often boiled over into punch-ups and machine wrecking.”

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