Workers offering support? (5)
I believe the answer is:
staff
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'workers' is the first definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'support?' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)
'offering' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for staff that I've seen before include "Hands" , "teachers possibly used" , "Baton" , "team?" , "Take a rod to the personnel?" .)