Labor
Meanings and phrases
Labor
- a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries; British Labour Party; Labour Party; Labour
- the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913; Department of Labor; Labor Department; DoL
labor
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; labour; working class; proletariat
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages); labour; toil
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement; labor movement; trade union movement
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; parturiency; labour; confinement; lying-in; travail; childbed
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; undertaking; project; task
labor
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal; tug; labour; push; drive
- work hard; labour; toil; fag; travail; grind; drudge; dig; moil
- undergo the efforts of childbirth; labour
n.
- a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955; AFL
n.
- the largest federation of North American labor unions; formed in 1955; AFL-CIO
American Labor Party
- a former political party in the United States; formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party
Australian Labor Party
- the oldest political party in Australia, founded in 1891; the party is moderately liberal
n.
- a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913
n.
- the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913; Labor Department; Labor; DoL
International Labor Organization
- the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor; International Labour Organization; ILO
Kurdistan Labor Pary
- a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey; Kurdistan Workers Party; Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan; PPK
Labor Day
- first Monday in September in the United States and Canada
Labor Department
- the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913; Department of Labor; Labor; DoL
Labor Secretary
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor; Secretary of Labor
- the position of the head of the Department of Labor; Secretary of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
- an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions; NLRB
n.
- head of a former executive department created in 1903 and divided into two departments in 1913
n.
- the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor; Labor Secretary
- the position of the head of the Department of Labor; Labor Secretary
Socialist Labor Party
- a political party in the United States; formed in 1874 to advocate the peaceful introduction of socialism
n.
- a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States
n.
- painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency; Braxton-Hicks contraction
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- (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac
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- contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions; labor contract; collective agreement
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- a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor; labour camp
- Jews in the Mielec labor camp faced brutal conditions.
- Another term was Zwangsarbeitslager ("forced labor camp").
- Petrovs was sentenced to ten years in a corrective labor camp.
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- an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes; birthing coach; doula; monitrice
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- contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions; labor agreement; collective agreement
n.
- the source of trained people from which workers can be hired; labor pool
- Agriculture employs 80% of the nation's labor force.
- There were 6,381 residents in the labor force.
- Of the city's labor force, 48% are females.
n.
- a leader of a labor movement
- Gary LaBarbera Gary LaBarbera is an American labor leader.
- Mary Thomas (labor leader) Mary Thomas, known as Queen Mary, (ca.
- Her union work earned her the respect and friendship of labor leader Harry Bridges.
n.
- the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers
- An estimated 400,000 people enter the labor market each year.
- A key one would be a stable labor market with good job training.
- Under communism women's participation in the labor market was encouraged.
n.
- 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
- A singing labor movement, that was the goal.
- In her work, she criticized capitalism and supported the labor movement.
- During this period of time, Lucy started working within the labor movement.
n.
- productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation; labour of love
n.
- someone who enlists workers to join a union; organizer; organiser
- At Mills College, Young participated as labor organizer in a successful adjunct unionization campaign.
- Healey became a successful labor organizer and rose to become the chair of the CPUSA in Southern California.
- In 1979 Marian Kramer married General Gordon Baker Jr (1941-2014†), a prominent labor organizer and activist.
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- a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth; birth pangs; labour pains
n.
- a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people; labour party
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- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; union; trade union; trades union; brotherhood
- He comes from a family of labor union officials.
- The second largest was the CGTG, a rural labor union.
- Logue defeated labor union official Mickey Harrington 56%-44%.
n.
- labor done with the hands; manual labour
- It was built "with only basic tools and contracted manual labor."
- Those of highest rank in their society do not perform manual labor.
- Slave owners preferred low-cost manual labor with no mechanization.
n.
- employees who are represented by a labor union
- Menard has a pronounced hostility towards organized labor.
- In 2008, he again ran for the State Senate with the support of organized labor.
- He received high ratings from organized labor and the Americans for Democratic Action.
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- Another term was Zwangsarbeitslager ("forced labor camp").
- The death toll of Black African slaves from forced labor was high.
- Upon some of them they have imposed forced labor even to this very day.
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- Members of the parliament and labor unions protested.
- The city became a stronghold of labor unions and the Democratic Party.
- The FSIP resolves disputes between the government and federal labor unions.
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- Pilot projects were formed to monitor child labor.
- There were reports in 2011 of forced child labor.
- There was no child labor in the modern industrial sector.
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- Portuguese explorers captured the Carijó for slave labor.
- Ben-Hur is sentenced to slave labor in a Roman war galley.
- However, they are taken prisoner and pressed into slave labor.
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- Prisoners engaged in hard labor were given extra rations.
- Lincoln disliked the hard labor associated with farm life.
- In 1912, 122 were tried, and 105 sentenced to imprisonment with hard labor.
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- status in June 1940 and transferred to labor camps.
- By January, 1940, there were labor camps all over Poland.
- Many more died during the harsh years in exile and in labor camps.
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- The economy grows as division of labor increases productivity of laborers.
- Among the rest of the population, male/female division of labor is not very pronounced.
- Urbanization increased as the population grew and as the division of labor grew more complex.
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- This effort did not lead to proposal of labor law.
- Increasingly, corporate law has converged with labor law.
- See also US labor law and .
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- She also lobbied for child labor laws and compulsory school attendance legislation.
- It describes its mission as promoting adherence to international and national labor laws.
- Myca and Renee were being paid under the table to circumvent California's child labor laws.
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- they are part of the labor costs.
- Non-availability of laborers and escalating labor costs are aggravating the situation.
- Fault discovery requires diagnostic maintenance, which requires system down time and labor costs.
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- In 1982 she was awarded a BA in Industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.
- As of 1961, Hilkene was working as a labor relations executive with a Detroit automotive firm.
- Krulak also holds a master's degree in labor relations from George Washington University (1973).
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- It was the first national document of labor rights.
- In 2018 Matt Conn was accused of labor rights violations.
- Robinson worked for labor rights in a variety of capacities.
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- As archbishop, Hanna was often tasked with helping resolve labor disputes.
- Arbitration may be used as a means of resolving labor disputes, an alternative to strikes and lockouts .
- Governments have relied on arbitration to resolve particularly large labor disputes, such as the Coal Strike of 1902.
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- It moved from Cleveland to Oberlin, Ohio in 1982 after a labor dispute.
- The protest would continue to last for almost a month marking UNC's first serious labor dispute.
- In 1972, an internal labor dispute led to the creation of the "Green Bay News-Chronicle" by striking workers.
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- George Hardy despised Republicans and labor leaders who supported them.
- Canwell felt that the turmoil was "created by professional radicals who were, in general, Communists and Communist-trained labor leaders."
- During these years he set up a committee of labor union leaders to support Democrats and wean labor leaders away from the Republican Party.
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- Columbus was also a popular location for labor organizations.
- Hushi's actions caused a great increase in the number or workers who were associated with different labor organizations.
- During the 1880s and 1890s, Chicago had a powerful radical tradition with large and highly organized socialist, anarchist and labor organizations.
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- Many undocumented immigrants from Peru are recruited by employers in Chile to serve as a source of cheap labor.
- The low cost of natural gas and cheap labor supply during the Great Depression helped to fuel the company's early beginnings.
- Exploited as cheap labor or imprisoned for unruly behavior, Bosco saw the need of creating a space where they would feel at home.
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- In Austria, efficient labor practices led to a similar period of economic growth.
- It prohibited unfair labor practices such as discrimination against union members.
- Contractualization is one of the most controversial labor practices in the Philippines.
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- He also published several books on issues related to education, labor markets and income distribution.
- Due to its low cost and practical use, its potential to change unemployment in labor markets is very high.
- Finally, in 1889, he left Trinidad again for the United States, seeking for broad and various labor markets.
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- The retirement of members of the aging workforce could possibly result in the shortage of skilled labor in the future.
- As the canal progressed, the crews and engineers working on the project developed expertise and became a skilled labor force.
- It provides highly skilled labor for the local knowledge economy and is a knowledge and research partner for technology companies in the area.
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- Carnegie was a frequent contributor to periodicals on labor issues.
- These cases ranged from involving city and urban issues, labor issues and family issues.
- Koch included Margolis in City Hall strategy sessions and consulted with him on budget, economic development and labor issues.
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- His stepmother acknowledged he did not enjoy "physical labor", but loved to read.
- This work includes physical labor such as washing dishes, doing laundry, vacuuming, etc.
- Katie's hands grow rough as she performs physical labor while Johnny's hands remain smooth and he wears expensive clothing.
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- For his master's degree thesis, he wrote a study of labor unrest in Thailand.
- In the mid-1970s, the Mobile yard closed due to declining business and labor unrest.
- The event was held in honor of the Haymarket martyrs of Chicago, who were killed in labor unrest.
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- It prohibited unfair labor practices such as discrimination against union members.
- CUPE 3903 subsequently filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
- Also this year the city fired it's city manager by a vote of 4-3 Carlos Martinez citing "unfair labor practices" and the ire of the city's unions.
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- Countless hours of free labor were given to the new venture.
- He argued that free labor and free markets enriched the strong while crushing the weak.
- Chiwu challenged Dong Hua to fights regularly, but is often tricked by him into free labor instead.