Definition of blue-collar | Bee Dictionary of English

Incredibly enough, few if any of the adults in the blue-collar district knew or cared what was going on.
Archie embodied the shift among blue-collar union guys from New Deal Democrats to what would become Reagan Democrats, clashing with academic lefty son-in-law Michael "Meathead .
On foreign policy, blue-collar Dems have grown as tired of the Iraq war as have their upscale counterparts.

TrueBlue Acquires CTS Staffing
TrueBlue, Inc. , the leading provider of blue-collar staffing, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Crowley Transportation Services , a leading tempor
June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
African-American men in New Orleans are an untapped workforce, new report says
Beleaguered by high unemployment and an economy drifting away from blue-collar jobs that had kept many African-American men employed in past decades, New Orleans needs to do a better job of educating and advancing the careers of black men, according...
June 12, 2013 - New Orleans Times-Picayune
MacMullan: Blue-collar B's stun superstar Pens
Blue-collar Boston back in Cup finals after sweeping high-powered Pittsburgh
June 8, 2013 - ESPN

Tom Izzo in USA Today
We are the blue-collar team,Izzo said. "This is the blue-collar city. It was just amazing to walk out of that tunnel."
Barack Obama in KBS Radio
It's really a mixed bag,said Obama. "There've been some states where we have won the blue-collar vote. Wisconsin. We won it in Iowa. We won it in Minnesota." "Then there are states where we've not done so well, mainly because people...
Doug Wilson in The Associated Press
He's an elite level player but he has a blue-collar heartbeat,Sharks general manager Doug Wilson said. "It's been a privilege and an honor to have Rob Blake play for this hockey team. Going forward we're going to reap those benefits."