<Li> In its healthier forms , it recognises the dignity and intelligence of blue - collar workers ( that is , that those workers as a group have just as much potential for dignity and intelligence , despite the fact that any individual workers may or may not display such traits ) , and it recognises their civil ( and civic ) equality with white - collar workers . Yet it simultaneously leaves room in society for meritocracy , allowing both upward and downward social mobility ( as a sustainable meritocracy requires ) . <Ul> <Li> An example of such systems is provided by well - run instances of professional sports teams , because there is a perennial meritocratic turnover of players , coaches , and staff , both within the sport and as input and output through its boundaries , whereby all participants have dignity even though all of the required talents may not exist in each individual . ( For example , the talents of the physical therapists , statisticians , elderly coaches , and young adult players are not equal , but they are complementary from a systems engineering perspective . ) </Li> </Ul> </Li>
<Li> In its healthier forms , it recognises the dignity and intelligence of blue - collar workers ( that is , that those workers as a group have just as much potential for dignity and intelligence , despite the fact that any individual workers may or may not display such traits ) , and it recognises their civil ( and civic ) equality with white - collar workers . Yet it simultaneously leaves room in society for meritocracy , allowing both upward and downward social mobility ( as a sustainable meritocracy requires ) . <Ul> <Li> An example of such systems is provided by well - run instances of professional sports teams , because there is a perennial meritocratic turnover of players , coaches , and staff , both within the sport and as input and output through its boundaries , whereby all participants have dignity even though all of the required talents may not exist in each individual . ( For example , the talents of the physical therapists , statisticians , elderly coaches , and young adult players are not equal , but they are complementary from a systems engineering perspective . ) </Li> </Ul> </Li>
what types of workers are typically paid a wage and perform manual labor
what types of workers are typically paid a wage and perform manual labor
blue - collar workers
blue - collar workers