Labour or labor may refer to:
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Childbirth
Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. In 2019, there were about 140.11 million births globall ...
, the delivery of a baby
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Labour (human activity)
Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that cont ...
, or work
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Manual labour
Manual labour (in Commonwealth English, manual labor in American English) or manual work is physical work done by humans, in contrast to labour by machines and working animals. It is most literally work done with the hands (the word ''manual ...
, physical work
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Wage labour
Wage labour (also wage labor in American English), usually referred to as paid work, paid employment, or paid labour, refers to the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer in which the worker sells their labour power under ...
, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the
labour movement
The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings: the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English) on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other.
* The trade union movement ...
, consisting principally of
labour unions
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...
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The Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all gene ...
Literature
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''Labor'' (journal), an American quarterly on the history of the labor movement
* ''
Labour/Le Travail
''Labour/Le Travail'' is an academic journal which publishes articles on the labour movement in Canada, sociology
Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social inte ...
'', an academic journal focusing on the Canadian labour movement
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''Labor'' (Tolstoy book) or ''The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'' (1888)
Places
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La Labor, Honduras
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Labor, Koper
Labor () is a small village in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia on the border with Croatia.
The local church is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the Parish of Truške
Truške () is a village in the City M ...
, Slovenia
Other uses
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''Labor'' (album), a 2013 album by MEN
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Labor (area)
There are a number of Spanish units of measurement of length or area that are virtually obsolete due to metrication. They include the vara, the cordel, the league and the labor. The units of area used to express the area of land are still encounte ...
, a Spanish customary unit
* "Labor", an episode of TV series ''
Superstore''
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Labour (constituency)
The Labour functional constituency () is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was one of the 12 functional constituency seats created for the 1985 Legislative Council election. It corresponds ...
, a functional constituency in Hong Kong elections
* Labors, fictional robots in ''
Patlabor
, also known as ''Patlabor'' (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of manga artist Masami YÅ«ki, director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori ItÅ ...
''
People with the surname
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Earle Labor
Earle Gene Labor (March 3, 1928 – September 15, 2022) was an American writer. A George Wilson Professor (Emeritus) of American Literature at Centenary College of Louisiana, his research and teaching career was devoted to the study of the Ameri ...
(born 1928), professor of American literature
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Jérémy Labor
Jérémy Labor (born 19 March 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays for Championnat National 2 club Toulon. Traditionally a centre-back, he can also be utilized on the side. He is a former France youth international, having repre ...
(born 1992), French footballer
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Josef Labor
Josef Paul Labor (29 June 1842 – 26 April 1924) was an Austrian pianist, organist, and composer of the late Romantic era. Labor was an influential music teacher. As a friend of some key figures in Vienna, his importance was enhanced.
Biogr ...
(1842–1924), Austrian musician and composer
See also
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Labor Day (disambiguation)
Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September.
Labor Day or Labour Day may also refer to:
Holidays
* Labour Day or Labor Day, an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of the workers
* In ...
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Labour law
Labour laws (also known as labor laws or employment laws) are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, ...
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Labour Party (disambiguation)
Labour Party or Labor Party is a name used by many political parties. Many of these parties have links to the trade union movement or organised labour in general. Labour parties can exist across the political spectrum, but most are centre-left or l ...
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Work (disambiguation)
Work may refer to:
* Work (human activity), intentional activity people perform to support themselves, others, or the community
** Manual labour, physical work done by humans
** House work, housework, or homemaking
** Working animal, an animal t ...
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