The phrase "a labour force of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific group of workers or employees within a particular industry or organization.
Example: "The company has a labour force of over 500 employees dedicated to manufacturing."
Alternatives: "a workforce of" or "a group of workers".
So if we have 20 unemployed workers out of a labour force of 110 people, we get an 18% unemployment rate.
In a labour force of 28m people, a possible loss of 100,000 jobs is trivial, given that other trends will simultaneously be creating thousands of jobs too.
Spain responded by closing its border with Gibraltar, thus depriving the territory of its Spanish trade and a labour force of Spanish commuters.
These jobs earned American workers more than $220m.As long as America has a labour force of competitive, skilled workers, it will still reap the benefits of innovation and benefit from trade.
Although ministers are due to make an announcement later this month, the fate of a business with an annual turnover of £6 billion and a labour force of nearly 200,000 is still undecided.
Settled by the English in 1670, South Carolina had a wealthy, aristocratic, and influential colonial society based on a plantation agriculture that relied on a labour force of black slaves.
There is no point in building factories and machines, they say, if the educational system does not provide a labour force capable of using them.
Of importance is their dynamics as a labour force in the provision of health services, their education and continuing education in order to provide good-quality services, and the appropriate use of their services.
A Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of 82.75% and an Employment Rate (ER) of 79% were included to reflect the labour market and the fact that the emergence of productivity is not a certainty [ 13, 14].
According to the Thames Gateway, this area has a diverse labour force of 8.1 million people, the largest workforce in the UK.
Textile manufacturing is now at the heart of Haiti's economic development thanks to its duty-free access to the US market, a captive labour force of 70% unemployment and labour costs competitive with China.
