labor force

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Migrants contributed 4.2 million workers to the eurozone labor force between 2021 and 2025, increasing their share to 10%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Economic growth would slow as inflation rose due to a softening labor force, upward pressures on wage growth, and tariffs.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

How many more moms would be in the labor force?

From Salon • May 10, 2026

The working-age population nudged up by an estimated 8,900 in April, though the labor force expanded by 33,500 to counter some of the sharp decline in the first two months of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Before 1919 was over, in an unprecedented demonstration of labor unrest, there would be thirty-six hundred work stoppages involving four million workers or one-fifth of the nation’s labor force.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler