It is an obfuscation.
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it would be helpful if you were to publish a principled critique of the term rather than making an assessment of it and moving on without providing supporting arguments
A better term is labor aristocracy, which has a precise definition:
The labour aristocracy is that section of the international working class whose privileged position in the lucrative job markets opened up by imperialism guarantees its receipt of wages approaching or exceeding the per capita value created by the working class as a whole.