"tough labour" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is commonly used to describe difficult or challenging work or physical tasks. You can use it whenever you want to emphasize the difficulty or sheer effort involved in a certain type of work. Example: "The construction workers had to endure long hours of tough labour to complete the project on time."
A tough labour market means you'll need to be imaginative.
"Given the tough labour market, and desperate employers, this is not a time for huge militancy," he says.
Today's graduates face a tough labour market – and that puts a great deal of power in the hands of recruiters.
After a few minutes the workers trudged back to the factory's cavernous halls to continue their tough labour.
The German government also points out that the country "did its homework", introducing tough labour reforms from 2003 (known as "Agenda 2010") that freed up the job market.
In the 1980s Australian-born Rupert Murdoch restored the fortunes of Britain's newspapers through tough labour reforms and cost-cutting at the London Times and its sister papers.
Others are more subtle, pointing to the virtues of Germany's fiscal probity, praising the country's tough labour-market reforms and lamenting southern Europe's lack of manufacturing clout.A plan that does not add upTo Mrs Merkel and much of Germany's elite, making Europe more prosperous by promoting competitiveness is strategy enough.
My father has smoked since he was six, joined the Marines when he was 17, and has had a tough labouring life with a classically working-class diet.
Tony Blair, riding to power with his "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime", made sure nobody would ever out-tough Labour.
He said he aimed to revive France's economy through innovation, cutting bureaucracy and relaxing still-tough labour laws, as well as raising the defence budget to 2% of GDP, hiring more police officers and increasing education funding.
One explanation put forward for increasing absence rates is that a tougher labour market represents a health hazard.
