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Labor movement

noun

An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement. Synonyms: labor, trade union movement.

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"Labor movement" Quotes from Famous Books

... failures are recorded, their work paved the way for a far larger movement toward farm organization now under way. The tendency toward close organization of industrial groups may also be seen in the labor movement, the American Federation of Labor and the Industrial Workers of the World in this country, and the syndicalist movement in Europe; and in the organization of employers' associations and the National Chamber of Commerce on the part of ...

— Church Cooperation in Community Life • Paul L. Vogt

Words linked to "Labor movement" : trade union, I.W.W., union, trade unionism, labor union, brotherhood, reform movement, trades union, unionism, IWW, Industrial Workers of the World