Outspoken skilled manual worker to deal with (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
see to
'deal with' is the definition.
(to see to something is to deal with it)
'outspoken skilled manual worker' is the wordplay.
'outspoken' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'skilled manual worker' becomes 'c two' (C2 is a social class).
'ctwo' sounds like 'SEE TO'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for see to that I've seen before include "Look after" , "Make sure" , "Deal with" , "Sort out" , "handle" .)