Sentence examples for reduced the workforce from inspiring English sources

We eventually redesigned and relocated the factory, and reduced the workforce from 1,000 to 500, all with the union's support.

Over the next three years, Anders reduced the workforce by 71,000 people—44,000 through the divestiture of seven businesses and 27,000 through layoffs and attrition.

On top of over £30m of savings we've made over the past two years, which will result in the loss of over 350 jobs, in addition to over 600 jobs that we've reduced the workforce by in the same time period.

In recent years East has reduced the workforce in the loss-making marine division, which is now up for sale, by 2,000 and laid off 800 managers across the group, but because the company has also been hiring, the net number of job cuts was 600.

A construction boom and government education policy are likelier culprits.After a slump in construction in the early 1990s, which reduced the workforce from 1.8m in 1990 to 1.4m in 1996, the industry has recovered and the workforce has grown by about 100,000.

It had reduced the workforce to 20,000 from many times that number.

Now the company wishes to reduce the workforce further still.

"There's a proposal to reduce the workforce further," he said.

Nine thousand people still work here, but there are plans to reduce the workforce to 4,000 later this year.

According to some reports it plans to reduce the workforce to 100,000.

Bombardier is reducing the workforce by a fifth; 580 job losses are planned for this year and another 500 next year.