labor movement

Definitions

noun an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word labor movement.

For the labor movement, this is a distressing development.

Walmart Case: Supreme Court Aids The Powerful 2011
For the labor movement, this is a distressing development.

Walmart Case: Supreme Court Aids The Powerful 2011
This won't be the first or last time that civil and human rights advocates have worked together with the labor movement.

Wade Henderson, Esq.: I Am Still a Man Esq. Wade Henderson 2011
This won't be the first or last time that civil and human rights advocates have worked together with the labor movement.

Wade Henderson, Esq.: I Am Still a Man Esq. Wade Henderson 2011
The fight seems likely to become the biggest battle against a single store in the city's history, because the labor movement sees Wal-Mart as Public Enemy No. 1 since it is so anti-union, and because many small businesses fear that tens of thousands of Wal-Mart-loving consumers will flock to the store, taking millions of dollars in business with them.

Peace, order and good government, eh?: February 2005 Archives 2005