BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
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| BLUE-COLLAR WORKER |
Manual worker; skilled craft, semi-skilled or unskilled worker. To be distinguished from white- collar worker . Blue-collar workers are usually paid on a weekly basis, and often enjoy less advantageous conditions of service (e.g. holidays) than white-collar, although these differences are being reduced through managerial policies of harmonization .
Please note: the European industrial relations glossaries were compiled between 1991 and 2003 and are not updated. For current material see the European industrial relations dictionary.
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