laborshed
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Etymology
By analogy from watershed, likening the regional workforce to the catchment of a river system.
Noun
laborshed (plural laborsheds)
- A regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.
- 2006 August 9, “Study: Worker pool overflowing”, in Telegraph Herald, Dubuque Iowa, page 1:
- Greater Dubuque Development Corp.'s 2006 analysis, conducted by Iowa Workforce Development, surveyed some 600 qualifying working-age residents in the multi-county laborshed area.
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