labor force

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As fewer young people enter the labor force, there are fewer active taxpayers to support each beneficiary at a time when people are living longer — and taking benefits for longer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

It would be a way for her to get on the other side of AI’s career-changing rollout into America’s labor force.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Getting a plant opened is just the first step, with the U.S. needing trade schools and other ways to re-skill the labor force, as well as ways to create an ecosystem of suppliers.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Between 2021 and 2025, their share of the labor force rose to 10% from 8%, an increase of 4.2 million workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

They slipped in and out of the box of peeling gray, making no stir in the neighborhood, no sound in the labor force, and no wave in the mayor’s office.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison