1. Of or relating to labor
2. Of, relating to, or constituting a political party held to represent the interests of workers or made up largely of organized labor groups

Množina: labors

One of the factors of production, used to produce goods and provide services. Wages are the reward for labor. The quantity of labor in a modern economy is determined by the size of the population and the extent to which young and old people and women are prepared to take paid work.(Alternate spelling: labour).
Sequence of events in childbirth, from the first contraction of the womb through to delivery. There are three stages of labor, normally spread over some hours.

ETYM French labourer, Latin laborare.
To work hard; SYN. labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil.

Množina: labor camps

1. A penal colony where forced labor is performed
2. A camp for migratory laborers

Množina: labor contracts

Contract between labor and management government wages and benefits and working conditions; SYN. labor agreement, collective agreement.

Singular of labor contractions is labor contraction.

Množina: Labor Days

First Monday in September in U.S. and Canada.
Legal national holiday in honor of workers. In Canada and the US, Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September. In many countries it coincides with May Day.

Množina: labor disputes

Množina: labor forces

The source of trained people from which workers can be hired; SYN. labor pool.

Množina: labor force participation rates

Množina: labor leaders

A leader of a labor movement.

Množina: labor markets

The market that determines the cost and conditions of the work force. This will depend on the demand of employers, the levels and availability of skills, and social conditions. The market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers.

Množina: labor movements

An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement); SYN. trade union movement, labor.

Množina: labor of loves

Productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation; SYN. labour of love.

(Latin) labor conquers all things — motto of Oklahoma