The phrase "assembly line job" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a type of job that involves repetitive tasks in a manufacturing setting, typically where products are assembled in a sequential manner.
Example: "After graduating, she found an assembly line job at the local factory, where she worked on producing electronic components."
Alternatives: "manufacturing job" or "production line position."
But for those struggling to make ends meet, an assembly line job at a foreign-owned factory is a coveted opportunity.
The impairment in this case is carpal tunnel syndrome, a common repetitive motion injury that prevented the plaintiff, Ella Williams, from performing an assembly line job that required gripping tools and holding her arms at shoulder height.
Barbara B. McDowell, an assistant solicitor general, said the government had no position on whether Ms. Williams was disabled, but that the Sixth Circuit had reached that conclusion through too narrow a focus on one category of assembly line job.
"She offered me a lot of money, but I said 'No, no it just doesn't seem like something I want to get involved in.' " After losing his assembly line job at Northrop Grumman on Long Island early last decade, Ken, 48, turned to construction and moved to Florida.
Sitting at home while his daughter was at boarding school one day several years ago, Mr. Wu said he was so disappointed with his daughter's performance that he would not mind if she dropped out, caught a train to Guangdong province, 30 hours away on the coast and took an assembly line job at a factory.
Joyce D. Miller, who rose from an assembly line job to the top ranks of American labor as the first woman on the AFL-CIO executive council, died June 30 in Washington.
If people think factory work is boring and repetitive, they're probably thinking of automated assembly line jobs.
Domestic manufacturing, though, is no longer synonymous with jobs creation — at least, not the assembly line jobs that for generations defined the middle class.
Telehomework for instance is hard to implement in assembly line jobs, while it is a common feature of consultancy jobs nowadays.
Prolonged standing during monotonous tasks such as assembly line jobs may lead to musculoskeletal disorders including increased fatigue, pain and stiffness in active muscles.
And they're not just GM assembly line jobs.
