labor force

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It estimated there might not be any growth in the labor force at all this year because of slower immigration and worker retirements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The monthly breakeven rate was much higher in the 1970s at 185,000 jobs, as women and baby boomers poured into the labor force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Many farmers simply couldn’t produce the food we all enjoy without a labor force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Start with the decline in the unemployment rate: The chief reason why it fell was because almost 400,000 people dropped out of the labor force.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 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