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labor force

Noun

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the source of trained people from which workers can be hired

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In a world where technology and capital are highly transferable, there is a real risk that comparative advantage comes to be defined as whose labor force will work for the lowest wage. Robert Kuttner

Macro-economic policy had accelerated the "expulsion" of landless peasants from the countryside leading to the formation of a nomadic migrant labor force moving from one metropolitan area to another. Michel Chossudovsky

Let us be reminded that the poorest families belong to the agricultural sector. 40% of our labor force is directly dependent on agriculture. Another 20% are indirectly dependent. Francis Escudero

The builders of our capital are fully engaged in residential construction, and its labor force is deployed for that. Nobody has the intention to erect a wall. Walter Ulbricht

Population is a strong driver of the economy as well as the quality of the labor force. Ali Babacan

Paid off? Do you mean bribery?” "That is, umm, not an entirely pleasant word for it.” Dreschler's doughy face took on a pained expression. "It is more in the nature of an advance payment to ensure the labor force will be satisfied with the negotiated wage schedules. Michael Swanwick

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