Record 56,167,000 Women Out Of Labor Force
Posted on AllSides May 8th, 2015
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A record number of women were not in the labor force in April, according to numbers released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Last month, the number of women not in the workforce increased from the previous record of 56,131,000, registered in March, to a new record of 56,167,000.
The BLS defines people not in the labor force as those ages 16 and older who are neither employed nor have they “made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week.”
While t
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