The geographic isolation of most arsenals and large workforces necessitated social welfare services such as hospitals and company housing.
Asked whether the average age of their workforces was increasing, 45 per cent of managers said yes and 47 per cent said no.
Owner-farmers had larger farms, hence larger workforces (3n1 persons) than tenant cultivators (2n8 persons), but the difference was very slight.
Her study is of two northern industrial cities, both of which had large shipbuilding industries and big unskilled workforces in the twentieth century.
According to this figure, the zenidaka-decreasing group's size rarely varied from its average of 3n5 persons, whereas the zenidaka-increasing group's workforces rose from about 3n5 to 5n0.
I very much hope that management, unions and workforces will play their part by increasing productivity and thus making industry more competitive.
Above all, it is important that we give a clear lead to the workforces operating within those contracting authorities.
Sales are going through the roof, and workforces are being drastically pruned.