"Allentown" is a song by American singer #BillyJoel and the lead track on Joel's 1982 album #TheNylonCurtain. Released as the album's second single, it was accompanied by a conceptual #musicVideo. Upon its release, and especially in subsequent years, "Allentown" emerged as an anthem of #bluecollar America, representing both the aspirations and frustrations of America's working class in the late 20th century. "Allentown" reached No. 17 on the #Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzmAlG2z-uE

To see how toxic masculinity and weaponized misogyny harms men too, just watch this "joke" video that's circulating virally of a blue-collar man being goaded into licking an electric bug-zapper paddle by his so-called friends:

https://www.erosblog.com/2025/07/02/dont-be-a-pussy-do-something-painful-instead/

He said "I'm scared!" and they goaded him just once with the dread specter of inadequate masculinity, throwing the "pussy" epithet at him. Once was enough.

For the first time since 1986, #Philadelphia #AFSCME DC 33 is going on #strike. The #union represents thousands of #bluecollar city workers (including street pavers and sanitation workers) and is the city’s largest—and lowest paid— #municipalworkers union.

The strike will begin at 12:01am on July 1st.

How do we bridge the gap between blue-collar and white-collar workers, building a diverse coalition within the labor movement? #Unions can unite different occupations, overcoming tensions to represent the #WorkingClass. #HoosLeft #Labor #BlueCollar #WhiteCollar #Solidarity

Mike Rowe, of "Dirty Jobs" fame, uses a dubiously earned 'credibility' as a '#bluecollar guy', to smuggle anti-#worker, anti-#labor, anti-#union, and Libertarian-tinged conservative ideas into work which ostensibly glorifies those same groups of people.

Join us as we talk about how/why he has chosen this path.

TL;DR - Mike Rowe is making BIG BANK by spreading billionaire and industry lies about the people he supposedly speaks for. #unions #solidarity #unionstrong

https://youtu.be/6wXglYwbnzo?si=Kl0EpCOUCUcyvSCy

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#Politics #VPOTUS

This morning, the #TalkingHeads started saying that #Harris only chose #Walz over #Shapiro because it was the "safe" choice.

Now, they're saying that it was the "smart" choice.

IMO, it was always the SMARTER choice.

Shaprio isn't going anywhere & he'll be in #PA as governor to support the #HarrisWalz ticket. So, Harris didn't need Shapiro to win in #PA.

However, Walz can help Harris with the #disaffected #white #male #bluecollar & #rural voters who are unhappy with #Drumpf (but didn't see another choice until now) not only in PA but also in the #Midwest (where he's from) & across the country in red & purple districts & states which could also benefit the Dems in Congressional & Senate races, not just the race for #POTUS .

Note that, Walz was a #Dem who represented a rural #GOP
#Congressional district for over a decade.

Shaprio would have ONLY helped Harris in PA & he would have alienated the type of voters Walz is more likely to attract.

So, Walz was definitely the SMARTER choice!

The #UAW members want, among other things, a 32-hour work week. While still getting paid for 40 hours. This is not as far-fetched as it seems at first glance.
Basically, it would be the equivalent of a 25% increase in hourly wage, which isn't that far from what the #BigThree are already offering.
The City of #Montreal's #BlueCollar employees went through a similar situation in the '90s. Once the Union demonstrated it resulted in actual savings for the employer, it was adopted.

2014: "learn to code"

2024: "learn to rewire"

“If you know a young person who wants to do something that’s going to help the world and wants to make a good living at the same time, tell them to go become an electrician.”

#bluecollar #labor #tech #workplace

https://www.newyorker.com/news/dept-of-energy/the-great-electrician-shortage