But the current effort to shed excess workers in ailing state industries has instead meant rising unemployment.

The fall in production released excess workers and propelled the employer to the status of lord and master.

Ford and Chrysler paid comparatively little because they had fewer excess workers.

The Soviet Union, he said, should retrain and relocate excess workers into industries starved for labor.

Many Malaysian labor outsourcing companies apparently recruited excess workers, who were then often subject to conditions of forced labor.

Forced to make it on their own, many businesses are failing; others are laying off excess workers.

This discourages the growth of labor-intensive industries, like tourism and apparel, that might absorb excess workers.

Three developments favor his attempt to trim tens of thousands of excess workers from the public payroll.

Stripped of subsidies, enterprises have been forced to lay off excess workers.

Many companies rely on an intricate network of relationships to absorb excess workers.