labor force
Example Sentences
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“Our labor force is shrinking and output will decrease,” says Nikorn Soemklang, Thailand’s minister of Social Development and Human Security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
By examining trends in educational attainment, labor force shifts and the effects of social media and AI, it can offer a grand-scale picture of societal health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Without that labor force, he said, contaminated goods can keep being shipped.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Black women have suffered a disproportionate amount of this pain; more than 300,000 have left the labor force since June 2025.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Before 1919 was over, in an unprecedented demonstration of labor unrest, there would be thirty-six hundred work stoppages involving four million workers or one-fifth of the nation’s labor force.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
