blue-collar work
Factory floor jobs
Blue-collar work is labor that involves physical tasks, manual skill, or trade expertise—factory assembly, construction, plumbing, welding, truck driving.
The term comes from the durable work shirts traditionally worn in such jobs, contrasting with the white dress shirts of office workers.
Blue-collar work often requires vocational training rather than a college degree: My father spent forty years in blue-collar work at the plant.
- manualWritten instructions for use
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- shop floorIndustrial production workspace
- constructionProcess of building something
trades · sweat · overalls · hardhat · steel-toed boots · mechanic · welder · plumber · electrician · shift · union · wages · toolbox · grit · calloused · workboots · foreman · overtime
- industrial managementassembly line, mass production, factory floor, production line, division of labor
- laborlabor, labor union, labor force, laborers, labor movement
- labor historyAFL-CIO, labor movement, CIO, laborers, unionization
blue-collar workoffice work
Administrative job tasks
desk job · management · clerical work · professional services · consulting
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