laborshed

English

Etymology

By analogy from watershed, likening the regional workforce to the catchment of a river system.

Noun

laborshed (plural laborsheds)

1. 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.