Designation of workers by collar color
no collarwhite collar", "blue collar", or "no collar
Groups of working individuals are typically classified based on the colors of their collars worn at work; these can commonly reflect one's occupation or sometimes gender.wikipedia
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Working class
working-classlower classworkers
A blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who performs manual labour and either earns an hourly wage or is paid piece rate for the amount of work done.
Working-class occupations (see also "Designation of workers by collar color") include blue-collar jobs, some white-collar jobs, and most pink-collar jobs.



White-collar worker
white-collarwhite collaroffice worker
White-collar workers are named for the white-collared shirts that were fashionable among office workers in the early and mid-20th century.

Blue-collar worker
blue-collarblue collarblue-collar workers
Blue-collar workers are referred to as such because in the early 20th century, they usually wore sturdy, inexpensive clothing that did not show dirt easily, such as blue denim or cambric shirts.






Survivor: Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart30th seasonthe 30th season
It was the fourth Survivor season filmed in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua (tied with the Philippines and Samoa), the same location as Survivor: Nicaragua, Survivor: Redemption Island, and Survivor: San Juan del Sur, and features three tribes of six new players divided by social class: white collar, blue collar, and no collar.




New-collar worker
New collar
*Designation of workers by collar color
Green-collar worker
green collargreen-collargreen collar jobs

Workforce
labor forceworkerworkers

Grey-collar
Grey-collar workerGrey collargrey-collar work
*Designation of workers by collar color
Collar (clothing)
collarcollarswing collar
Groups of working individuals are typically classified based on the colors of their collars worn at work; these can commonly reflect one's occupation or sometimes gender.

Denim
denim jacketsdenim jacketBlue Jeans
Blue-collar workers are referred to as such because in the early 20th century, they usually wore sturdy, inexpensive clothing that did not show dirt easily, such as blue denim or cambric shirts.









Cambric
chambray
Blue-collar workers are referred to as such because in the early 20th century, they usually wore sturdy, inexpensive clothing that did not show dirt easily, such as blue denim or cambric shirts.

Upton Sinclair
Lanny BuddAmerican meat scandalSinclair, Upton
The term "white-collar worker" was coined in the 1930s by Upton Sinclair, an American writer who referenced the word in connection to clerical, administrative and managerial functions during the 1930s.







Manual labour
manual laborlaborlabour
A blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who performs manual labour and either earns an hourly wage or is paid piece rate for the amount of work done.






Tertiary sector of the economy
tertiary sectorservice sectorservices
A pink-collar worker is also a member of the working class who performs in the service industry.








Waiting staff
waitresswaiterserver
They work in positions such as waiters, retail clerks, salespersons, and many other positions involving relations with people.





Retail clerk
clerksales clerkSalesclerk
They work in positions such as waiters, retail clerks, salespersons, and many other positions involving relations with people.
Sales
salesmansaleseller
They work in positions such as waiters, retail clerks, salespersons, and many other positions involving relations with people.
Knowledge worker
knowledge workersknowledge workInformation worker
A gold-collar worker is a highly skilled multidisciplinarian or knowledge worker who combines intellectual labor—which is typically white-collar—with the manual labor of blue-collar positions.


Civil service
civil servantpublic servantcivil servants



Communist Party of China
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Penal labour
hard labourpenal servitudehard labor





Sex industry
adult entertainmentadult industrysex trade



Military personnel
military manpersonnelservice member
