What are green-collar jobs?
Right now, there’s a great opportunity not only to make America’s economy stronger by making it greener, but to make Americans living in poverty part of a revitalized middle class. The first thing we have to do is provide the training that will turn 20th century blue-collar jobs into secure 21st-century green-collar jobs. For more background on green-collar jobs and a video on the topic, go here. Green-Collar Jobs Rebuild a Strong Middle Class Green-collar jobs are good jobs. Like blue-collar jobs, green-collar jobs pay family wages and provide opportunities for advancement along a career track of increasing skills and wages. A job that does something for the planet, and little to nothing for the people or the economy, is not a green-collar job. An enduring green economy cannot be built with solar sweat shops and Wal-Mart wind farms. Green-Collar Jobs Provide Pathways Out of Poverty Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs requiring more education than high school, but less than a
