Mr. Gatens, the booth's head treasurer, is proud of his blue-collar roots in the neighborhood.

It is in a bucolic section of Somers, a middle-class town of 18,000 just a generation removed from its blue-collar roots.

That's because he is never far from his blue-collar roots and the middle-class Williamsport neighborhood home where his mother still lives.

As he tries to bring the Giants back to their blue-collar roots, Reeves will also inject new blood into the lineup.

"Saugerties has always been proud of its blue-collar roots, and that's not going to change."

Southeast Portland has blue-collar roots and has evolved to encompass a wide mix of backgrounds.

In his speech, he extolled the virtues of his blue-collar roots and said his biography should be a model for the nation.

Since her childhood, Andrews aspired to leave her blue-collar roots behind.

Kiss has blue-collar roots, having grown up as the son of a union worker in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

There is also a sense that the city has damaged its blue-collar roots.