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Noun: labor movement
Usage: US, Austral (=labour movement)
  1. An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
    "The labor movement fought for better working conditions and fair wages";
    - trade union movement, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], labour movement [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: labor movements

Type of: reform movement

Encyclopedia: Labor movement