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labor movement

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Noun1.labor 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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labor movement is widely regarded as a national model.
Convergence of forces leads to renewed vigor of labor in L.A by Milkman, Ruth / Los Angeles Business Journal
Her best friend was forced to leave and she's had to work with a major split in the labor movement on a national level.
NEW LEADER STEADIES SHAKEN LABOR FEDERATION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The way Paterson works in the historical details that are known--the terrible plight of the workers and their families, the evolution of the strike, the support from the growing labor movement around the country--is moving and sound.
Paterson, Katherine. Bread and roses, too by Rosser, Claire / Kliatt
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