labour movement
1labour movement — labour .movement n BrE labor movement AmE the labour movement the organizations, political parties etc that represent working people …
2Labour movement — The term labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and governments, in particular through the… …
3labour movement — A term applied descriptively to include all organizations representing workers who sell their effort in the labour market. A labour movement may be divided heuristically into its industrial and political wings: the former consists of trade unions …
4labour movement — BrE labor movement AmE noun the labour movement the political parties representing working people, and all other organizations which have the same beliefs and aims …
5labour movement — /ˈleɪbə muvmənt/ (say laybuh moohvmuhnt) noun the organised movement which seeks to better the condition of the working class by exercising industrial and political power. Also, labor movement …
6Australian labour movement — Infobox Union by Country country = Australia national = ACTU government = Australian Industrial Relations Commission legislation = Workplace Relations Act 1996 (2005) membership number = union percentage1 title = union percentage1 = union… …
7Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement — Movimiento Obrero Independiente y Revolucionario General Secretary Gustavo Triana Headquarters …
8Swedish labour movement — The labour movement in Sweden dates back to at least the 1850 s, when Swedish workers initiated the organizing of previously spontaneous food riots into strikes, hence acting as an autonomous group. [Olsson Ekdahl (2002), p. 13] Modern types av… …
9Democratic Labour Movement — The Democratic Labour Movement was a political party in Guyana. It first contested national elections in 1985, when it received only 0.7% of the vote and failed to win a seat.[1] In the 1992 elections its share of the vote dropped to 0.5% and it… …
10(the) labour movement — the labour movement UK US noun the political and other organizations such as trade unions whose aim is to improve conditions for workers http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/labour movement the.htm Thesaurus: labour organizations… …
