Sentence examples for to shed workers from inspiring English sources

The construction industry continued to shed workers.

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

While the Big Three seek to shed workers, Matt is always looking for bodies.

But as high technology came to permeate American business, companies have grown reluctant to shed workers.

It would allow employers to shed workers without justification, though with notice and some compensation, during their first two years.

The raises continued even as the economy slipped into recession in 2001 and businesses began to shed workers.

The company, which was declared bankrupt and pushed into receivership by lenders in November, is under pressure to restructure and shed workers so that it can be sold to General Motors and Fiat.

At least at the state and local levels, the cuts are likely to continue as municipal governments shed workers and public services.

News earlier in the day that Japan's industrial output had slipped for a fifth consecutive month revealed — once again — the severe impact of slumping exports and weak domestic demand, which has forced manufacturers across the country to cut back production and shed workers.

Now companies don't have to go to the trouble of explaining themselves when they shed workers.

The AFL-CIO notes that some of the companies with big cash hoards have not just failed to hire -- they've actually shed workers.