enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Manual labour - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_labour

   Manual labour (in Commonwealth English, manual labor in American English) or manual work is physical work done by humans, in contrast to labour by machines and working animals. It is most literally work done with the hands (the word manual coming from the Latin word for hand ) and, by figurative extension, it is work done with any of the ...

3. Blue-collar worker - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-collar_worker

   The term blue collar was first used in reference to trades jobs in 1924, in an Alden, Iowa newspaper. [2] The phrase stems from the image of manual workers wearing blue denim or chambray shirts as part of their uniforms. [3] Industrial and manual workers often wear durable canvas or cotton clothing that may be soiled during the course of their ...

4. Laborer - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laborer

   A laborer (or labourer) is a person who works in manual labor typed within the construction industry. There is a generic factory laborer which is defined separately as a factory worker. Laborers are in a working class of wage-earners in which their only possession of significant material value is their labor. Industries employing laborers ...

5. Designation of workers by collar color - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designation_of_workers_by...

   Gray collar – Refers to labor which blurs the line between blue- and white-collar work. Gray collar work requires both physical and intellectual labour, and may require specialized training or college degrees. Commonly given examples of gray collar workers are first responders, electricians, nurses, technicians, conservationists, and pilots ...

6. 6 In-Demand Skilled Trade Jobs And How To Get 'Em - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/2011-10-04-six-skilled-labor...

   By Dawn Papandrea Ever glance at a home or car repair bill and think to yourself, "I'm in the wrong line of work!"? If so, it's with good reason. Skilled tradespeople who can build, repair or ...

7. Japanese blue collar workers - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_blue_collar_workers

   Blue collar workers (Nikutai-rōdō-sha (肉体労働者)) in Japan encompass many different types of manual labor jobs, including factory work, construction, and agriculture. Blue-collar workers make up a very large portion of the labor force in Japan, with 30.1% of employed people ages 15 and over working as "craftsman, mining, manufacturing ...