imported labour

collocation in English

meaningsofimportandlabour

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import
noun
uk
/ˈɪm.pɔːt/us
/ˈɪm.pɔːrt/
goods bought by one country ...
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labour
noun
uk
/ˈleɪ.bər/us
/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
practical work, especially when it involves hard ...
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(Definition ofimportandlabourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimported labour

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Importedlabourusually brings its womenfolk with them into jute and cotton mills but in the majority of cases are not the wives of the men with whom they live.
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There is a lack of supervision of the employment ofimportedlabourin areas where there is prolonged unemployment.
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Secondly, we would not be so dependent onimportedlabour.
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If holidays were spread over five or six months of the year, the obtaining ofimportedlabourwould be a very much different proposition.
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It is much cheaper to useimportedlabourfrom countries abroad than to invest in the capital machinery needed to step up productivity.
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The spread-over of holidays would also affect the position ofimportedlabour.
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It is not work which can be done by strangers orimportedlabour.
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Quite apart from the fact that this puts theimportedlabourforce in a worse position than that of the host country, it also contributes to social dumping.
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Theimportedlabourquota restrictions have also been challenging.
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In some cases, oil palm plantations are dependent onimportedlabouror illegal immigrants, with some concerns about the employment conditions and social impacts of these practices.
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