Alex Ossola

A tough job market has a lot of white-collar workers feeling stuck.

At the same time, America's traditional blue-collar industries are facing a labor shortage.

So is it time for some white-collar workers to consider another path?

Our producer Daniel Bach asked the journal's on-the-clock columnist Callum Borshers about what it would take to make the switch.

That was On the Clock columnist Callum Borshers speaking to producer Daniel Bach.

And that's what's news for this Wednesday afternoon.

Today's show is produced by Pierre Bien-Aimé with supervising producer Tali Arbel.

I'm Alex Zosola for The Wall Street Journal.

We'll be back with a new show tomorrow morning.

Thanks for listening.

Here's your midday brief for Wednesday, January 21st.

I'm Alex Osola for The Wall Street Journal.

He repeated his claim that only the U.S.

is capable of defending Greenland and that the U.S.

needs to take control of the territory purely for security.

U.S.

stocks opened higher during Trump's speech, and the Dow was up about 1 percent in mid-morning trading.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament have suspended work on a major trade agreement with the U.S.

in response to President Trump's push to acquire Greenland.

The decision puts the European Union's plan to slash tariffs on a range of U.S.