Men’s Health News
By J. Rentilly

Not since Huey Lewis and the News has America’s working class had such an iconic, affable brother in arms—or elbow grease, or sewage sludge or aviary vomit, as the case may be—as in Mike Rowe. Host of Discovery Channel’s much-watched Dirty Jobs (Tuesdays, 9 p.m.), which casts a loving spotlight and a spitball of mischievous humor on some of the nation’s grungiest gigs, the 49-year-old Rowe has become an unlikely spokesperson for the blue-collar brethren. Read More...

From the gainesvilletimes.com website
By Dallas Duncan

America has a labor conundrum: Its unemployment rate continues to rise and yet some industries can’t find enough workers.

“Forty years ago, people understood that sweat and dirt were the hallmarks of important work. Today, that understanding has faded,” Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs” said in a January 2009 letter to President Barack Obama.

“Somewhere in our economy’s massive transition from manufacturing to financial services, we have forsaken skilled labor, along with many aspects of our traditional work ethic.” Read More...