work ‧ force /ˈwɜːkfɔːs $ ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/ BrE AmE noun [singular]
all the people who work in a particular industry or company, or are available to work in a particular country or area ⇨ staff :
Women now represent almost 50% of the workforce.
The company is cutting its workforce.
skilled/educated/flexible etc workforce
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THESAURUS
▪ worker someone who does a particular type of job, or someone who works for an organization but is not a manager:
a post-office worker
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The workers are threatening to go on strike.
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The report shows that male manual workers earn twice as much as female workers.
▪ employee someone who has a job, especially a permanent job, with a particular company or organization:
Employees of the airline get generous reductions on the cost of flights.
▪ member of staff/staff member one of the people who work for a company, organization, school etc - used especially in official contexts:
Training opportunities are available to all members of staff.
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Several staff members complained about his increasing strange behaviour.
▪ colleague ( also coworker especially American English ) someone you work with – use this especially about people who do professional jobs in offices, schools etc:
I’d like you to meet a colleague of mine, Jean-Michel Blanc.
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What should you do if a co-worker is injured?
▪ workforce all the people that work in a country, industry, or large organization:
Women make up 41% of the workforce.
▪ staff all the people who work in a company, organization, school etc:
The staff were clearly worried about rumours of job losses.
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sales staff