Sentence examples for shed workers from inspiring English sources

The construction industry continued to shed workers.

Corporations that shed workers became leaner and more profitable.

Government at all levels — federal, state and local — shed workers.

All three carmakers have shed workers, plants and brands.

New technologies have raised productivity and profits, while enabling companies to shed workers and slice payroll.

One possible explanation is that panicky businesses shed workers because they feared another Great Depression.

That would happen because companies do not shed workers quickly as demand for products slackens.

The Rockwell plant shed workers steadily, was bought by Boeing and eventually closed in 1999.

As cities shed workers rather than hiring new ones, they have more incentive to cut compensation than to raise it, at least in the short run.

The numbers predate the recession, making it likely that more of those factories have since closed or shed workers.

Conditioned by labor shortages in the late 1990's, "businesses had become reluctant to shed workers," Mr. Sohn said.