Labour or labor may refer to: *

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 glo ...

, the delivery of a baby *

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 contr ...

, or work **

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 **

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 ...

, 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 ** Labour Party or Labor Party, a name used by several political parties

Literature

* ''Labor'' (journal), an American quarterly on the history of the labor movement * '' Labour/Le Travail'', an academic journal focusing on the Canadian labour movement * ''Labor'' (Tolstoy book) or ''The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'' (1888)

Music

* ''Labour'' (song), 2023 single by Paris Paloma

Places

* La Labor, Honduras *

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 A parish is a territorial entity in many Chri ...

, Slovenia

Other uses

* ''Labor'' (album), a 2013 album by MEN *

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 encount ...

, a Spanish customary unit * "Labor", an episode of TV series '' Superstore'' *

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 correspond ...

, 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 Yūki, director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori ...

People with the surname

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 ...

(1928–2022), professor of American literature *

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 re ...

(born 1992), French footballer *

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. Bi ...

(1842–1924), Austrian musician and composer *

Larry Labor Larry Labor is an American politician from Vermont. He has been a Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives for the Essex-Orleans District since 2023. In 2021, Governor Phil Scott appointed Labor to fill the Orleans-1 House Distr ...

, American politician

Literature

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People with the surname

See also