as in workforce
a body of persons at work or available for work
the corporation has a labor force of nearly 100,000 people
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For Hispanic workers, the labor force participation rate came in at 67.3% in July, slightly lower than the prior month’s reading of 67.5%.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2024
Hispanics make up 18% of the US labor force, but are overrepresented as workers in food service (27%), cleaning and maintenance (37%), and farming (43%), occupations where workers have been protesting and striking since the pandemic’s onset — and for decades.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Millions of people here have made full lives as Americans on all but paper, paying into Social Security, bolstering the labor force and enriching our culture.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
The impact on the total police labor force by the end of 2021 was just 1%, according to Grunwald’s findings.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 July 2024
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2024
Hispanics make up 18% of the US labor force, but are overrepresented as workers in food service (27%), cleaning and maintenance (37%), and farming (43%), occupations where workers have been protesting and striking since the pandemic’s onset — and for decades.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Millions of people here have made full lives as Americans on all but paper, paying into Social Security, bolstering the labor force and enriching our culture.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
The impact on the total police labor force by the end of 2021 was just 1%, according to Grunwald’s findings.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 July 2024
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“Labor force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20force. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
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