work force

the total number of workers in a specific undertaking: a holiday for the company's work force.

the total number of persons employed or employable: a sharp increase in the nation's work force.

Also called labor force.

Origin of work force

First recorded in 1940–45

By the end of the construction period, the number of deaths had reached roughly twenty percent of the workforce.

Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway |Liza Foreman |December 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Brennan is expected to address the CIA workforce at headquarters on Tuesday.

CIA Won’t Defend Its One-Time Torturers |Shane Harris, Tim Mak |December 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This workforce is being legalized at a time of unusual economic distress for the working class.

Legal but Still Poor: The Economic Consequences of Amnesty |Joel Kotkin |November 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Informal workers make up over half the workforce in much of urban African.

Great Cities are Born Filthy |Will Doig |July 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Yes, unemployment has dropped, but so too has workforce participation.

Stock Market America and the Rest of Us |Lloyd Green |July 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Officially, in excess of one third of the workforce is unemployed.

After the Rain |Sam Vaknin
A complex system of incentives and disincentives drives the workforce to dedication and industriousness.

After the Rain |Sam Vaknin
Schools used to be able to prepare students to find their place in the workforce even before graduation.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin

workforce

/ (ˈwɜːkˌfɔːs) /

the total number of workers employed by a company on a specific job, project, etc

the total number of people who could be employed the country's workforce is growing rapidly