blue-collar

Example Sentences

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At Alta Baja, he could talk to my Mexican American wife and other blue-collar Latinos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Stewart, the former mayor, said closing Stanley’s last local factory would levy an emotional toll in a town built on blue-collar work.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 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

Maryland is not the only state taking this approach: Michigan is making a similar environmental argument in a lawsuit over an ICE warehouse planned for the small blue-collar city of Romulus.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

One study indicates that as late as 1970, more than 70 percent of all blacks working in metropolitan areas held blue-collar jobs.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander