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Meanings of piece workers in English

Russian
сдельная заработная плата
Catalan
treball a preu fet
Spanish
trabajo a destajo

Employment system where the worker is paid according to the number of units produced.

      сдельная заработная плата
      Usage of piece workers in English
      1
      Throughout this time the day and piece workers were under entirely separate and distinct management.
      Shop Management
      2
      The original foremen continued to manage the day work, and day and piece workers were never allowed to work together.
      Shop Management
      3
      When the writer left the steel works, the Bethlehem piece workers were the finest body of picked laborers that he has ever seen together.
      Shop Management
      4
      Piece workers have great freedom as to hours, and employers complain much of tardiness and absenteeism.
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