labor force

[ ley-ber fawrs ]

/ ˈleɪ bər ˌfɔrs /

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noun

(in the United States) the body of people who are at least 16 years old and are either employed or available for employment.

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Origin of labor force

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby labor force

laboratory school, labor camp, Labor Day, labored, laborer, labor force, labor-intensive, laborious, laboriously, Laborism, Laborite

How to use labor force in a sentence

After accounting for people who have left the labor force since February 2020 and other factors, the unemployment rate is much higher than the official figure, he said.
Fed chair: Unemployment rate was closer to 10 percent, not 6.3 percent, in January|Rachel Siegel|February 10, 2021|Washington Post
The railroad’s goal is to have all of its labor force vaccinated, the company said in a statement.
Get paid for getting a coronavirus vaccine? Amtrak offers a cash bonus to workers who get vaccinated.|Luz Lazo|February 3, 2021|Washington Post
Women have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and the percentage of women participating in the labor force dipped below 55% in April 2020 for the first time in 34 years.
There’s no better time than now to build a better pipeline for women in tech|Andrew Nusca|January 11, 2021|Fortune
Jasmine Tucker, director of research for the National Women’s Law Center, spends part of her time crunching the nation’s labor force numbers.
2021 is here. Will working women recover this year?|ehinchliffe|January 4, 2021|Fortune

The attempt to make everything work can fail, pushing them out of the labor force.
The economy could lose a generation of working mothers|Bryce Covert|October 30, 2020|Vox
Among the largest economies in the world, on average, almost half of women participate in the labor force.
Allah, Mom, and Baklava: Turkish President Uses Mothers and Kids as Political Pawns|Xanthe Ackerman|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 75 percent of college graduates are in the labor force.
My Commencement Speech to Rutgers’ Geniuses: Go Forth and Fail|P. J. O’Rourke|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The fact that women now made up about half the office labor force probably played a role in this resistance.
Squares in Cubes: A History of Two Centuries of Office Culture|Wendy Smith|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And, yes, Swedish women are more likely to be in the labor force than their American counterparts.
Can the Gender Gap Be Solved?|Kay Hymowitz|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It also forced existing Chinese Americans out of the labor force, and into self-employment.
‘The Search for General Tso’: The Origins of America’s Favorite Chinese Dish, General Tso’s Chicken|Marlow Stern|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would not be too much to say that from domestic industry we withdrew a total of ten million of our most capable labor force.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
The reason why Pittsburgh has been unable to secure a stable labor force is doubtless realized by the local manufacturers.
Negro Migration during the War|Emmett J. Scott
A new labor force always brings ideas and ideals peculiar to itself.
Mobilizing Woman-Power|Harriot Stanton Blatch
Instead of a fixed labor force we now have to deal with a body relatively free to go and come.
The Negro Farmer|Carl Kelsey
Because of the lack of the labor force to develop the country planters have been led to offer higher wages, better houses, etc.
The Negro Farmer|Carl Kelsey

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