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labor movement
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Noun1.labor movement - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movementlabor movement - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
trade union movement, labor
labor union, trade union, trades union, union, brotherhood - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
I.W.W., Industrial Workers of the World, IWW - a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
trade unionism, unionism - the system or principles and theory of labor unions
reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
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Worked for Jaguar Cars in Coventry and held various offices in the trade union and Labour movement including shop steward, secretary of joint shop steward committee, Sheet Metal Workers Union branch president and Constituency Labour Party chairman.
Comprehensive to the Cabinet by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Dubai: Labour Day, which is marked on May 1, is the result of the labour movements in various countries pushing for a celebration of the economic and social achievements of workers.
A long and proud history marking achievements by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
It was the most important industrial struggle fought by the British Labour Movement since the Second World War and that the National Union of Mineworkers deserves respect for its nobility in fighting against the odds," according to the Labour MPs.
MPs hail miners' historic struggle by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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