Sentence examples for workforce stood from inspiring English sources

Grand Rapids, whose civilian workforce stood at 575,563 this past May, also saw the second-best improvement in its growth rate, at +0.86%.

Discovered in 1883, the mines of Broken Hill were the backbone of BHP and the Rio Tinto progenitor well into the 20th century but started to fade in the 1970s as metal prices fell, the mines got deeper and a heavily unionized workforce stood pat.

Small businesses which rely on postal delivery and payment by cheque are particularly vulnerable if postmen hang up their bags; many are looking at alternatives.Neither Royal Mail nor its workforce stands to benefit from such attrition.

"We wanted to create something which was both practical and stylish, would reflect the city and would help the Clydesiders and workforce stand out from the crowd".

When it comes to the employee-manager relationship, it turns out most of the workforce stands in agreement on some of the best qualities they want to see in the people they report to.

If this trend continues, the average level of education in the U.S. workforce stands to drop significantly over the next two decades.

The underrepresentation of Latinos in the federal workforce stands to result in negative implications for the larger Latino community.

Chaplin owned an entire studio and employed a huge workforce that "stood in line, at attention" when he entered the studio gates, as a publicist for his operation once wrote.

Between 2011 and 2013, the council lost more than 2000 staff members, many of whom were scientists on contracts or on scholarships, from a total workforce that stood at 12,795 at the end of 2012.

In total, 90,000 jobs have gone since the bailout, although the workforce still stands at 110,000.

The latest losses mean the workforce now stands at 37. The company is still trading in administration and administrators said they are hoping to find a buyer.