total workforce

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandworkforce

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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workforce
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/us
/ˈwɝːk.fɔːrs/
the group of people who work in a company, industry, ...
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(Definition oftotalandworkforcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The occupational structure of the six nodes revealed a high proportion of top-level managerial, supervisory and professional people, as much as 35% of thetotalworkforce.
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Unemployment was low for a long time, but rose to more than 8% of thetotalworkforcein 1993 and still remains at that high level.
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Between 1985 and 1991 alone, the number of unemployed workers almost doubled, reaching 30 percent of thetotalworkforce.
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Thetotalworkforcewas around 2,000-strong.
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The sample of 668 workers who responded to the questionnaire therefore comprises about 3.75 % of thetotalworkforce.
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The overall gender balance was also similar (female: 41.0% versus 39.5% for survey andtotalworkforce, respectively).
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It employs some 1¾ million people which is 7 per cent of thetotalworkforce.
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That means that only one in three of thetotalworkforcefavoured strike action.
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Ourtotalworkforcewill in due course be significantly below 200,000.
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This amounts to something like one-third of theirtotalworkforce.
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I should mention that they account for 9% of thetotalworkforce, but do not enjoy the same social guarantees.
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In 1978, of atotalworkforceof 26.3 million, manufacturing accounted for 7.3 million and services 1.5 million.
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They have atotalworkforceof some 380, and at the moment they have very close liaison with their board.
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Those of us who have been pressing for rapid progress on worker involvement want to see systems developed which carry the confidence of thetotalworkforce, both union and non-union.
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In 1966, of atotalworkforceof 26.2 million, manufacturing industry employees totalled 9.1 million and service industry employees 1.6 million.
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Approximately 350,000 of these are female, representing about two-thirds of thetotalworkforceunder 21 within scope of wages councils.
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Labour, thetotalworkforceof the company, has become one of the partners of capital and is not its servant.
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Over the next 10 years, it is anticipated that there will be an increase of 200,000 to bring it up to atotalworkforceof 500,000.
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