Sentences with phrase «blue collar jobs require»

They are distressed that millions more languish in school ill - prepared for an increasingly knowledge - based economy in which even high - paying blue collar jobs require strong math and science skills.

The cheapest way to produce a shoddy car and maximize profits was through giant factories that did everything in - house using unskilled workers who had no loyalty to the company but were held captive by the lure of blue collar jobs requiring minimum education and training for which they were overpaid.

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This is a type of poverty that Johnson could not foresee: a decline in blue - collar jobs, rooted in global trends, requiring workers to gain skills that schools could not reliably impart, leaving whole communities economically depressed and isolated, while many children were deprived of economically stable and supportive two - parent families, leading to dangerously stalled social mobility and creating divisions of class that are inconsistent with the American ideal.

Although blue - collar jobs do not require a bachelor's degree, you must receive formal training and apprenticeships to qualify for highly skilled occupations.