Sentences with phrase «collar factory jobs»

We all know that blue - collar factory jobs are disappearing, which drove many educators to push students to go to college.

In my view, no one can credibly argue that NAFTA and the following trade deals with China and other countries did not lead to the loss of America's manufacturing base and millions of blue collar factory jobs.

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His father Fred never graduated from high school and held a series of blue - collar jobs including truck driver, factory worker and cab driver.

Many of those white - collar service jobs pay more than factory work, as they are occupied by people with higher educations, according to the Conference Board.

The blue collar factory worker is left floundering when his job is sent to China and his only options are lower wage retail or attending community college to be «re-trained» for jobs that may not exist or he can not fill.

All across the nation a silent tragedy is taking place among blue - collar workers and their families: the tragedy of closing factories and lost jobs.

Instead, Buffalo is getting 500 factory jobs and the promise of white collar and technology jobs.

In the Dardenne brothers» lean and mean blue collar drama, Marion Cotillard is at her very best playing Sandra, a fragile woman who returns to her factory job after a breakdown to find that her employers are proposing to fire her and give the rest of the small staff a $ 1,000 bonus to compensate for the extra work.

Tesla executives haven't yet announced precisely where in California they're seeking to locate the facility, but Lockyer indicated that the factory would bring approximately 400 white - collar jobs to the state.

The son of a tanner, Avery began working at a local factory at the age of 16 and supported himself for decades with a succession of blue - collar jobs.

Obama has pledged $ 150 billion in federal spending to create 5 million «green collar» jobs to cut pollution and energy use, in part by promoting the use of renewable fuels and retooling factories.

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.