The motto of Independent Working Class Association is 'Working-class rule for working-class areas'.

promised social reforms, such as workers' rights and higher wages, that improved their quality of life. Peron also cultivated a strong connection with the working class by emphasizing nationalism and portraying himself as their champion against the wealthy elite.

The idea of a working class consciousness originated with Karl Marx. He believed that the working class was unfairly treated by the rich ruling class.

Another name for the working class is blue collar workers. Working folk, rank and file, and working stiffs are also other names of the working class.

Ian Haywood has written:

'Working Class Fiction'

'Bloody Romanticism'

'Working-class fiction' -- subject(s): English fiction, Fiction, History and criticism, Working class, Working class authors, Working class in literature