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Business
fromFortune
12 hours ago

Blackstone COO Jon Gray predicts 'huge boom' in blue-collar jobs-his own data center company is hiring 30,000 new roles | Fortune

AI infrastructure investment is driving a major increase in blue-collar construction jobs, especially for skilled trades needed to build data centers.
Books
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class?

Work's grip on life demands vigilance; allowing career to consume identity risks losing oneself entirely to labor's demands.
US politics
fromFortune
2 months ago

Nobel economist warns a dearth of blue-collar jobs is among the biggest threats to the U.S. economy-and they fell by more than 100,000 last year | Fortune

U.S. economic outlook is weak; blue-collar employment—particularly manufacturing—has declined substantially, with tariffs cited as a contributing factor.
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