Talk:Blue-collar worker
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This article could use some serious work. I'm not a regular editor here, and I'm not sure how to get one of the "needs editing" banners at the top, but it needs one. The bit about blue-collar football teams strikes me as especially unprofessional.
- Add {{cleanup|October 2005}} to the top of the page. Charles Matthews 07:43, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] qualified blue-collar workers
- The thought also struck me upon reading this. I'm not entirely sure, but I thought modern usage of blue-collar can also refer to some professional engineers (especially those not in the engineering design phrase) If that's the case, professional engineers in most countries are usually licensed only after finishing at least a professioanl engineering degree, so saying blue-collars require "lesser requirements for formal academic education" could be biased.--Shion Uzuki 06:54, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
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- I don't know, I think traditionally blue collar workers were assumed not to have a tertiary education (as they would be expected to be a white collar worker in that instance), however I think it is unfair to say a formal academic education at all as I'm sure nearly all modern day blue collar workers in countries like the United States, the UK, Germany etc would have had a near complete formal academic education. Hauser 07:38, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, Blue-collar workers are assumed not to have a tertiary education. However, many jobs appear blue-collar but are white-collar worker: take a mining engineer, five-year degree but works underground in a coal mine ensuring all the tunnels are in the right place and are dug as cheaply as possible. Looks blue-collar, wears overalls and a hardhat, but has a degree (masters? PhD?) and earns $200k pa as a salary.
- --Garrie 05:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Colloqualialism?
Isn't blue-collar a slang or colloquial term? If so, why doesn't the article say so? Also, if it's a US-only term, why would a world-wide view be needed? --200.44.7.192 04:39, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
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- And I must say it's not clear which jobs belong to "blue-collar workers" specially with the further division "skilled" and "unskilled" and the mention of "Skilled blue-collar work often pays as well or better than careers requiring professional post-graduate degrees" thus implying that althought considered below "white collar" they can outdo white collars.
