The phrase "a majority of the work force" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the larger portion of employees or workers within a specific context, such as a company or industry.
Example: "A majority of the work force has expressed a desire for more flexible working hours."
Alternatives: "most of the workforce" or "the bulk of the workforce".
Demographic and social changes indicate that by 2000 a majority of the work force will be members of minorities.
Mr. Richard rose to chief executive on March 1, taking over from Didier Lombard at the former state monopoly, in which civil servants with lifetime job guarantees make up a majority of the work force.
Mr. Richard moved up to the chief executive's job on March 1, taking over from Didier Lombard at the former state monopoly, in which civil servants with lifetime job guarantees make up a majority of the work force.
The president's vow to ensure that poor and minority children -- who will soon make up a majority of the work force -- get a decent education was the most noble domestic goal of the Bush administration, and it is being betrayed by halfhearted follow-through on the part of both the White House and Congress.
To work around the giant obstacles placed in their path, a number of unions have evolved a new practice: they present employers with union cards completed by a majority of the work force and ask for company neutrality and cooperation in lieu of a long and ferociously drawn-out battle (which almost always favors management) in return for an agreement of labor peace and long-term contracts.
And the one after that, about how they'd have to get a majority of the whole work force, not just a major of the vote.
The previous rule required a majority of the entire work force to favor unionizing.
Mr. Friedman noted that immigrants and minorities account for a majority of the production work force.
It also needs to be acknowledged that the vast majority of the work force is dedicated, professional and a million miles from the days of the horrific places that the group home system replaced.
Salaried employees and wage earners — the majority of the work force — face income tax rates as high as 35percentt.
"The idea is when the majority of the work force leaves, these can be picked up and moved," said Jill Edson, a planning official for Williams County.
