blue-collar
/ˌbluːˈkɒlə
/adjective chiefly North American
Relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry: a blue-collar neighbourhood...
- There have also been large numbers of blue-collar workers in service and garment industries.
- There were blue-collar workers concerned about losing their jobs to immigrants and rioters.
- Give the country boy, blue-collar worker, farmer in Tennessee a voice he can relate to.