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the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
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In Baltimore’s pilot, preliminary results showed participants’ labor force participation increased from 64% to 71%, though their unemployment rate remained more than twice that of average Baltimore residents.
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Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
Earlier this year, the labor force participation rate (the percentage of the working-age population that’s actively engaged in the workforce, either by working or by looking for a job) for Black workers 16 and older hit 64%, a 16-year high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
The new arrivals have poured into the American labor force and helped ease labor shortages across the economy -- but not all of them have found jobs right away, pushing up the unemployment rate.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
July's jump in unemployment is due to more workers entering the labor force than exiting it, with the labor force participation rate for people between 25 to 54 rising to its highest level since 2001, noted Josh Jamner, investment strategy analyst at ClearBridge Investments.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2024
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Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
Earlier this year, the labor force participation rate (the percentage of the working-age population that’s actively engaged in the workforce, either by working or by looking for a job) for Black workers 16 and older hit 64%, a 16-year high.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
The new arrivals have poured into the American labor force and helped ease labor shortages across the economy -- but not all of them have found jobs right away, pushing up the unemployment rate.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
July's jump in unemployment is due to more workers entering the labor force than exiting it, with the labor force participation rate for people between 25 to 54 rising to its highest level since 2001, noted Josh Jamner, investment strategy analyst at ClearBridge Investments.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20force. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
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