Sentence examples for labor to pick from inspiring English sources

A3 World Briefing A10 ARTS E1-8 DINING F1-10 Grape Harvest at Risk French vineyards are facing a shortage of labor to pick their grapes, with some predicting there may be no Beaujolais nouveau in November.

This year may be the biggest apple harvest in history, but growers and distributors are worried their apples will wither and die hanging on the trees because they don't have enough labor to pick them all and get them to market.

Not that there's a great labor pool to pick from: Only 16.8% of Fresnans over 25 have a college degree.

"We are confident that if the Custom Service began an investigation the industry would take notice and find out whether indentured child labor was used to pick the cocoa beans," Mr. Collingsworth said.

A separate report by the Labor Department showed that the labor market, usually the last to pick up in the wake of a recession, was also showing signs of improvement, with fewer workers signing up for unemployment benefits last week.

Councilwoman Letitia James of Brooklyn, who is hoping to pick up labor support, has raised $466,000 but has spent almost half of that already.

Higher gas prices are soaking up already weak consumer spending, banks are struggling and labor costs may be starting to pick up, squeezing business's profit margins meaningfully for the first time.

The second-place country, Finland, has an extremely generous parental leave policy that helps keep women in the labor force and incentivizes men to pick up more work at home.

Invest in some honest labor and find someone else to pick up all those leaves!

Additionally, bigger strawberries are easier to pick, which speeds up labor and cuts labor costs.

He was accused of "bombinating in a vacuum" and, by H. G. Wells, of laboring like a hippopotamus trying to pick up a pea.