labor pool
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“They don’t need to be next to the data center. They need to be around where their labor pool is, where they build the things, then put them on a truck and ship them off.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
So it’s possible that after a person sent out scores of applications with no reply, they took a break from looking — and that would technically push them out of the labor pool, said Stahle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
“There’s going to be two-earner income households where one earner drops out of the labor pool, because there’s going to be so much productivity,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Singh’s business faced challenges earlier this year when a crackdown on immigrant drivers led to sudden departures, shrinking the available labor pool and leaving 15 of his trucks unused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
But the skilled butchers were now a small part of a huge, mostly unskilled labor pool.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
