blue-collar

Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.

Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society.

The blue-collar, vulnerable McClane of Die Hard wouldn’t even recognize the bulletproof, catchphrase-spouting superhero he’s become in the sequels.

Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.

Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.

A blue-collar worker.

In ways, these people defined what it was to be a really good lesbian or a really good dyke. For example: You needed to be articulate or aggressive […] You either needed to be a university or community college person, or a real sincere and hardworking blue collar. If you were from one of the outlying towns, you were likely to have a black mark against you in the first place.