labor force
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Although the budget documents note the potential for gains from SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI, each of which have a significant labor force in the state, the government refrained from estimating the impact.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Although the budget documents note the potential for gains from SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI, each of which have a significant labor force in the state, the government refrained from estimating the impact.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
In 1975 a second income often sat in reserve—a nonworking parent who could enter the labor force if needed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Economic growth would slow as inflation rose due to a softening labor force, upward pressures on wage growth, and tariffs.
From Barron's • May 11, 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
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