blue-collar

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Along with its eat-the-rich framework, it also belongs to a pleasing subgenre of movies about blue-collar guys who are secretly geniuses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

But the push to reshape forest management is fiercely opposed by loggers and mill owners, who say their work is sustainable and provides blue-collar jobs in a region where they’ve dwindled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

This phenomenon of having more employed women than men also reflects a gradual shift in the labor market: The industry composition is moving away from traditionally male-dominated blue-collar occupations and more toward healthcare work.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

"Philadelphia is a hardworking, gritty city, a blue-collar city, and we take a lot of pride in that," said Meg Kane, the Philadelphia Soccer 2026 host city executive.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Highly educated workers benefited from the pace of technological change and the increased use of computer-based technologies, but blue-collar workers often found themselves displaced in the sudden transition from an industrial to a service economy.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander