Labor Day 2025 comes at a time of great uncertainty in the job market, especially in the high-paying white-collar sector. The threat is coming from artificial intelligence as companies look to become more efficient by employing fewer human workers.

Now, it may be those working in blue-collar jobs who may be more resilient in an AI-driven world.

At Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, they specialize in teaching hands-on trade skills using the latest technology to prepare young people for the workforce. But Jeff Andre, who teaches in the school's Process Technology program, says the tech can only do so much.

"You can't build a machine that can think like a human, act like a human, or look out for each other like humans can," he said. "You need people to operate that."

But thinking like a

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