labor force
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//Erratic hours can push parents—usually mothers—out of the labor force.
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Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Working To Live Often Means Giving Up Your Life," 19 Oct. 2019
//And many Americans who had dropped out of the labor force because they were too discouraged to look for work or couldn’t find sufficiently attractive offers, have now rejoined.
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Patricia Cohen, New York Times, "Hiring Slowed in September as Unemployment Rate Fell to a 50-Year Low," 4 Oct. 2019
//Health challenges ranging from disability to addiction keep many others out of the labor force.
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Kriston Mcintosh, CNN, "The alarming employment trends that the jobs report won't tell you," 3 Oct. 2019
//That exceeds the 8,000 to 9,000 new jobs needed monthly to keep up with growth of the labor force.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "California unemployment rate held steady at 4.1% in August," 20 Sep. 2019
//Rather, the academics examined franchises with thousands of workers, such as McDonald's, 7-Eleven, Cinnabon, and others—which together employ 6% of the U.S. labor force.
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Fortune, "Mission Statements That Put Action Over Thought Lead to Discrimination Complaints, Study Finds," 18 Sep. 2019
//Mothers are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. labor force, according to the CDC, and most of them work full time.
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Anna Claire Vollers | Avollers@al.com, al, "Alabama lacks workplace protections for moms who want to breastfeed," 16 Sep. 2019
//Union membership as a share of the labor force has fallen by nearly half since 1983 and last year dipped 0.2 percentage points to 10.5%.
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The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Big Labor’s Big Shrink," 30 Apr. 2019
//But college sports have since morphed into a multibillion-dollar industry, igniting a debate over the fairness of not paying the industry’s most visible labor force.
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Washington Post, "California college athlete ‘fair pay’ bill goes to governor," 12 Sep. 2019
First Known Use of labor force
1844, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries near labor force
More Synonyms and Antonyms oflabor force
a body of persons at work or available for work
- the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people