blue-collar

Example Sentences

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Take construction: Hiring for these blue-collar trades jobs has risen in the past year despite a slumping housing market — something that almost never happens.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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

The blue-collar factory jobs that had been plentiful in urban areas in the 1950s and 1960s had suddenly disappeared.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander