Things in the workplace that replace or augment human labor. A "steel collar workforce" is capable of tirelessly and efficiently performing repetitive tasks or monitoring. Playing off of the terms "blue collar" and "white collar," the phrase was first coined in the early 80's referring to a robotic threat to U.S. manufacturing jobs.
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