Sentences with phrase «fewer workers despite»

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Meanwhile, the U.S. Postal Service hires fewer workers than both FedEx and UPS despite delivering more packages than those two companies combined.

Despite steady demand from employers and brisk economic growth recently, average monthly job gains slowed from 187,000 in 2016 as the 4.1 % unemployment rate meant fewer available workers.

While Ed Miliband floats around the country playing the role of a man with integrity, it's worth noting that despite «marching for the alternative» a few years ago with the people he claims to represent, he turned his back on public sector workers and those on «Workfare», whilst allowing changes to employment law to go through virtually unchallenged, allowing the coalition to force through it's anti-worker agenda.

Despite more than a decade of gentrification, shifting demographics and a wall of glassy buildings that have gone up on either side of the north - south corridor, most of the passersby were black and Hispanic — ordinary workers, residents and shoppers, with a few obviously mentally ill or under the influence individuals tossed in.

Cuomo pleasantly surprised many progressive Democrats a few months ago by instituting a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage for fast - food workers, despite vigorous protest by giant chains.

That's despite the fact that young workers face zigzagging career paths and fewer opportunities to participate in employer - sponsored pension plans than previous generations.