Collar workers
Groups of workers are sometimes referred to be the characteristics of their uniforms or clothing, which commonly reflects their occupation or sometimes gender.[1] Blue-collar workers are so named because they tended to wear sturdy, inexpensive clothing that didn't show dirt easily, such as blue denim or chambray shirts. White-collar workers are named for the white collars fashionable among office workers in the early and middle parts of the 20th century.
Blue-collar[edit]
A "Blue-collar worker" is a member of the working class, who performs manual labor and earns an hourly wage.
Subcategories[edit]
- Scarlet Collar (2000) – Female sex workers.
- Black Collar (1998) – Miners (especially coal miners) and oil workers.
White-collar[edit]
The term "white-collar worker" was coined in the 1930s by Upton Sinclair[citation needed]. It means a salaried professional, typically referring to general office workers and management.
Subcategories[edit]
- Pink-collar worker (1975) – Secretarial, administrative, or other clerical workers and nurses.
- Grey-collar (1981) – A skilled Technician, typically someone who is both white and blue collar, i.e., Information Technology workers. They are principally white collar, but perform blue collar tasks with some regularity.
- Gold-collar worker (1985) – Highly skilled professionals who may be in high demand, such as engineers, doctors and lawyers.
- Red-collar worker - A farmer who works under the sun light. Government workers of all types. Derived from compensation received from red ink budget. Also in China refers to Communist Party officials in private companies.[2]
Specialty classifications[edit]
These classifications may fall under more than one of the categories or subcategories above.
- Green-collar worker - a green collar worker is someone who holds an environmentally friendly job; such as a position at a hydro power plant.
- Yellow Collar – People in the creative field—photographers, filmmakers, developers, etc. They may spend time doing both white and blue collar tasks as well as tasks outside either category.
- Light Blue Collar – Temp workers, whether or not they're working a blue or white collar task. Light Blue is a combination of white and blue.
- Orange Collar - Prison workers who wear orange jumpsuits.[3]
- Open Collar - Workers who work from home.
- Silk Collar - Westerners going to Asia for work and opportunities.
- No Collar - A term coined by Survivor: Worlds Apart, a free spirit.
References[edit]
- ↑ Benczes, Réka (2006). Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of Metaphorical and Metonymical Noun-Noun Combinations. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 144–146. Search this book on
- ↑ "Red-Collars in Private Companies". Beijing Review. Jun 28, 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ Pandeli, Jenna (2014). "Title: Orange collar workers: an exploratory study of modern prison labour and the involvement of private firms". University of Bristol. Missing or empty
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