labor pool

Example Sentences

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U.S. commercial building activity was already cooling, with data center construction a lone bright spot amid elevated interest rates and a shallow labor pool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Nevertheless, the unemployment rate remains below the historical average in part due to a shrinking labor pool.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

The American caregiving system is failing because it was never designed for a society of aging singles, widowed elders, adult children living states away and a shrinking labor pool.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

Labor costs have also been increasing in recent years, Behdad said, and the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have added a destabilizing effect on the construction labor pool.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

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