blue-collar
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Throughout the 1990s, Clark County, where Springfield sits, lost 22,000 high-paying blue-collar jobs that never returned.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Basing that data collection effort in the Middle East is an advantage because the region has a large blue-collar labor force that can be observed and recorded for AI and robotics training, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Born Benjamin Satterley in a blue-collar community in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, he first came to national attention stateside in the WWE, where he wrestled under the decidedly English name Neville.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Protecting blue-collar workers bypasses the high-stress, physically demanding pink- and light-blue-collar jobs,” said Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor of economics and policy analysis at the New School in New York City and an expert on retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
He had come to Odessa from Dallas twenty-seven years before, so he had been in the town long enough to know exactly what it was like, tight-clenched, blue-collar, conservative.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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