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

Derived forms: labour movements

Type of: reform movement

Encyclopedia: Labour movement