work force

Dictionary: work force or work·force (wûrk'fôrs', -fōrs')

The workers employed in a specific project or activity.
All the people working or available to work, as in a nation, company, industry, or on a project.

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Total number of military personnel and civilians over the age of 16 who work for pay, as well as unemployed persons actively seeking work. ‘Discouraged' job seekers-those no longer seeking work-are not counted as part of the work force. By 1993, the total U.S. Work force was approximately 130 million persons. Of this, the civilian work force totaled approximately 120 million.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the force of workers available
Synonyms: workforce, manpower, hands, men

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This article is about the labour pool in employment. For other uses, see Workforce (disambiguation).

The workforce is the labour pool in employment. It is generally used to describe those working for a single company or industry, but can also apply to a geographic region like a city, country, state, etc. The term generally excludes the employers or management, and implies those involved in manual labour.^{[citation needed]} It may also mean all those that are available for work.

Workers may be unionised, whereby the union conducts negotiations regarding pay and conditions of employment. In the event of industrial unrest, unions provide a co-ordinating role in organising ballots of the workforce, and strike action.

Benefits of membership

Benefits that come with being a member of the workforce are said to be financial independence, a feeling of usefulness, self-confidence, and respect from fellow citizens. However, they do not necessarily follow directly from being a member of the workforce. One's finances are commonly dependent upon one's employer, customers, wages and inflation; furthermore, one can feel useful without being a member of the workforce.

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