What they meant by blue collar people?

Answer 1

A general rule of thumb here is college educated people are white collar and non-college educated people are blue collar. An example of blue collar work would be factory workers, truck drivers, road crews and the like.

Answer 2

blue collar refers to a persons trade or profession. Blue collar people are so named because they're the mechanics, landscapers, plumbers, and other labor type occupations. They were called this because it was typical for their work shirts to be blue (hides stains better than white) white collar refers to professional office type positions. Lawyers, doctors, etc... Today the shirt colors are different but the reference is still used. So if you hear someone say they live in a blue collar neighborhood, it usually means middle class working folk.

Answer 3

many years ago, after WWII, construction workers and auto mechanics would wear uniforms that consisted of tan or dark slacks and a blue shirt. Often the shirt would feature an oval patch with the workers first name. This somehow became the stereotype in America for skilled and semi-skilled manual laboror, seen in advertisments for service-station franchises.
The terms "blue-collar job" and "blue-collar man" was eventually shortened to "blue-collar" and expanded as a descriptive tag for lower- middle-class employees.

Answer 4

blue collar people are regular working people...garbage people, stuff like that. White collar is office type people

Answer 5

Basically people that work with their hands, truck drivers, construction workers, etc, executive types are called white collar

Answer 6

People who get their hands dirty.... as opposed to white collar workers who wear white shirts and ties.