The stigma comes from blue collar workers. My parents were fishermen, neither of them wanted me to become a fisherman because they went into their 40s with seve

The stigma comes from blue collar workers. My parents were fishermen, neither of them wanted me to become a fisherman because they went into their 40s with severe medical problems due to the strain work put on their bodies. Trades can pay very lucratively but depending on what trade and where you are it's going to be brutal on you. That's why going union and taking proper safety measures sometimes even in spite of your employer is important