I'm looking everywhere to find out but I just can't find anything that will give me the correct information! What are they considered to be?
2006-08-21 16:00:37 · 15 answers · asked by Alycia B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
They would be considered blue collar workers - it used to be easier to define the difference than it is today - because white collar workers are those who have to have degrees higher than collegiate level. This means some teachers are actually blue collar workers, but my mother is required to have a master's degree in order to do her job within the school district so she would officially be a white collar worker, but because she's in a school district she still falls in as a blue collar worker. At one time you could base it on economic wages - or unless they were union workers, so time has altered its meaning many times, and like a lot of "labels" it is really more an ideal than a practical definition. Nurses are blue collar, but doctors are white collar. Lawyers are white collar and so are insurance and fianance related fields - education, factory, information service up to mid-management levels are blue collar, upper level management and CEO is while collar. So you can see that it's more of a perception than something with a concrete basis.
2006-08-21 16:08:43 · answer #1 · answered by dph_40 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blue collar for a beat cop, white collar for detectives cause once they are detective they move into the professional law enforcement aspects of the job, also other higher positions.
2006-08-21 16:24:03 · answer #2 · answered by travelin_jalapeno 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blue
2006-08-21 16:05:30 · answer #3 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blue
2006-08-21 16:04:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was tempted to say if they are wearing a blue shirt they would be blue collared and if wearing a white shirt they would be white collared, but that would be unfair to you. You seem very nice and deserving of a proper response, unfortunately I do not have one.
2006-08-21 16:06:31 · answer #5 · answered by Sanitizer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say it depends on the job they do in the force.
For instance, any guy who spends most of his time driving around in a patrol car in certainly blue collar.
However, a homicide detective who has to do a lot of research would be more white collar.
2006-08-21 16:08:29 · answer #6 · answered by Akfek_Branford 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
blue collar
white collar workers are usually any job that requires a minimum of a college degree
blue collar usually involves minimum h.s. degree
2006-08-21 16:06:31 · answer #7 · answered by philateech 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
White collar is professional, Cops may get the degree and all but they are still manual labor! detective could be white collar but still too much hands on........
2006-08-21 16:10:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are
Here's characteristics of a blue collar worker:
1)make hourly wage not salary
2)manual labor: skilled or unskilled. factory, construction, law enforcement...
2006-08-21 16:32:44 · answer #9 · answered by littleangelfire81 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some blue collar, the ones behind desks white collar im assuming
2006-08-21 16:04:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋