Labour force example sentences

Clearly, the age of industries has meant major technological changes, growth of factories, and the making of a new industrial labour force.Only a small proportion of the total industrial labour force worked in registered factories: 5 per cent in 1911 and 10 per cent in 193 The rest worked in small workshops and household units, often located in alleys and bylanes, invisible to the passer-by.' Women made up 31 per cent of the factory labour force by 1914, but they were paid less than men (between half and three-quarters of a man's wage).Such populations contain a relatively large number of young people and which means a strong and expanding labour force.