'working-class' definitions:

Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw [syn: propertyless, wage- earning, working-class, blue-collar]

Working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor" [syn: wage-earning, working-class]